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PREFACE 

The  intensification  of  the  course  of  study  in  shorthand  departments  of 
both  public  and  private  schools  has  resulted  in  a  happy  welding  of  theory 
■with  speed  practice.  This  has  meant  a  "scrapping"  of  the  old  methods  of 
instruction  which  were  based  upon  the  idea  of  a  distinct  separation  of  the 
theory  work  from  the  advanced. 

Speed  Studies  is  intended  to  give  practical  effect  to  this  modern  tendency. 
It  is  an  effort  to  put  into  teachable  form  the  principles  outlined  by  me  in  two 
addresses  which  were  delivered  before  educational  associations  on  ' '  The  Appli- 
cation of  Modern  Efficiency  Principles  to  the  Teaching  of  Shorthand."  While 
it  breaks  new  ground  so  far  as  shorthand  textbooks  and  practice  books  are 
concerned,  everything  contained  in  it  has  been  proved  by  the  acid  test  of  my 
own  classroom  experience. 

In  planning  the  "studies"  preceding  each  section  of  the  book,  the  method 
adopted  by  the  great  industries  in  developing  efficiency  has  been  followed. 
Just  as  the  best  method  of  performing  any  mechanical  operation  is  first  estab- 
lished in  a  factory  by  scientific  test,  and  each  new  workman  is  required  to 
conform  to  that  method,  so  in  this  plan  of  teaching  advanced  shorthand,  we 
endeavor  from  the  first  to  teach  the  student  the  best  possible  way  of  writing 
shorthand.  He  is  taught  the  correct  posture  for  writing,  the  correct  manner 
of  holding  his  pen,  the  correct  manner  of  turning  the  pages,  the  quickest  and 
easiest  way  to  make  the  various  combinations,  the  importance  of  compactness 
in  writing  to  make  rapid  transitions  between  the  forms,  and  to  eliminate  what 
Herbert  Spencer  called  "unregistered  movements  of  the  pen." 

An  examination  of  the  book  will,  I  believe,  disclose  many  notable  contribu- 
tions to  the  pedagogy  of  shorthand;    but  the  two  outstanding  features  are: 

First,  the  presentation  of  practice  material  in  its  shorthand  form,  instead  of 
in  print  as  is  done  in  most  dictation  books. 

Second,  the  development  of  a  large  and  varied  ^v^^ting  vocabulary  through 
the  unique  plan  of  incorporating  vocabulary  drills  with  the  work  in  dictation. 

The  first  of  these  features  can  hardly  be  overemphasized.  Much  observa- 
tion in  teaching  shorthand  has  convinced  me  that  the  best  results  are  obtained 
through  the  reading  of  shorthand.     The  reasons  may  be  summarized  briefly: 

1.  The  student  is  more  interested  in  reading  shorthand  than  in  reading  print, 
and  interest  in  a  subject  is  of  the  first  importance  in  securing  results. 

2.  As  he  may  be  called  upon  to  read  the  shorthand  notes  at  any  point  in  the 
assignment,  he  will  naturally  give  more  time  to  preparing  himself  to  read  fluently. 

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iv  PREFACE 

In  doing  this  he  familiarizes  himself  with  the  correct  forms  for  words  and 
phrases,  and  every  new  form  makes  a  vivid  impression  on  his  mind. 

3.  The  visual  impression  of  the  outline  secured  through  reading  enables  him 
to  write  it  readily  when  the  matter  is  dictated  to  him.  This  inspires  confidence, 
which  is  an  important  factor  in  the  development  of  skill. 

4.  Through  reading  shorthand  that  has  actually  been  written  (not  drawn 
by  rule  and  compass)  he  learns  the  changes  in  length,  slant,  curvature,  etc., 
which  outlines  undergo  in  various  joinings,  and  he  becomes  impressed  with  the 
importance  of  absolute  accuracy. 

5.  In  reading  from  his  own  notes  ho  is  helped,  to  a  certain  extent  by  memory 
of  the  subject  matter  and  even  of  the  actual  dictation;  but  in  reading  shorthand 
that  has  not  been  dictated  to  him,  he  must  depend  entirely  upon  his  knowledge  of 
the  system  and  of  the  forms.  This  stimulates  his  mind  to  greater  alertness  and 
leads  to  much  greater  fluency  in  reading  his  own  notes. 

6.  The  student  trained  in  this  way  finds  shorthand  a  real  medium  of  com- 
munication, and  learns  the  application  of  the  word-building  principles  through 
almost  effortless  absorption.  In  any  art,  imitation  plays  an  important  part. 
It  is  fully  utilized  by  this  plan. 

The  method  of  developing  the  writing  vocabulary  presented  in  Speed  Studies 
offers  an  unusual  opportunity  for  constructive  work  (synthesis)  and  has  the 
very  great  advantage  of  making  the  words  so  practiced  a  part  of  the  context 
of  the  daily  dictation  drill.  The  student  thus  develops  a  vocabulary  by  use 
of  the  words  in  their  natural  environment  and  not  as  a  distinct  entity.  I  believe 
that  this  feature  of  Gregg  Speed  Studies  will  do  more  toward  enriching  the 
student's  writing  vocabulary  than  any  other  method  that  has  been  devised. 

Another  feature  that  deserves  special  mention  is  the  content  of  the  business 
letters  and  articles.  The  letters  have  been  selected  with  great  care  to  elimi- 
nate everything  that  does  not  comply  with  the  best  usage.  The  articles  have 
been  selected  for  their  literary,  informational,  and  vocabulary-building  value. 

In  the  preparation  of  this  book  I  have  been  assisted  by  suggestions  from 
teachers  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  and  I  desire  to  make  grateful  acknowledg- 
ment to  them  for  their  co-operation.  In  particular  I  desire  to  acknowledge  the 
assistance  I  have  received  in  the  preparation  of  the  book  for  the  press  from 
Mr.  Rupert  P.  SoRelle,  Miss  Alice  M.  Hunter,  Mr.  W.  D.  Wigent,  Miss  Kitty 
Dixon,  and  Mr.  H.  M.  Munford;  to  Mr.  Gurtler,  Mr.  Swem,  Miss  Tarr,  Miss 
Werning,  and  Mr.  Shaffer  for  posing  for  the  photo-cuts  illustrating  the  various 
methods  of  performing  the  work,  which  add  so  much  to  the  value  of  the  book, 
and  to  Miss  Winifred  Kenna  for  the  artistic  shorthand  plates. 

JOHN   ROBERT   GREGG 
New  York,  July  1,  1917 


CONTENTS 


FOUNDATIONS  OF  SPEED  AND  ACCURACY 

The  Right  Start  —  Correct  Habits  Vital  —  Materials  —  Pen  or  Pencil  —  page 

Posture  —  Position  of  Hand  and  Arm  —  Light  Touch  — ■  Efficiency 
Methods  —  Turning  Leaves  —  Passing  from  One  Outline  to 
Another  —  Spacing  —  Size  of  Notes  —  Correcting  OutUnes  —  Con- 
centration —  Systematic  Methods  —  General  Principles  —  Writing 
Positions  Illustrated  by  Mr.  Swem,  Mr.  Gurtler,  Miss  Tarr,  Miss 
Wermng,  Mr.  Shaffer    1-18 

Speed  Study 

I.    Drills  on  Consonants  and  Circle  Vowels 20-24 

II.    Drills  on  Consonants  and  Vowels 25-29 

III.  The  0-Hook 30-32 

IV.  The  00-Hook;   W  and  Y 33-36 

V.    S;   Th;  Ng;  Ngk;  Ing-thing;  Ings;  Ily-aUy 37-40 

VI.    The  Diphthongs;   Concurrent  Vowels 41^2 

VII.    The  Blended  Consonants;   Letters  1-6 43-48 

VIII.    The  Reversing  Prmciple;  Letters  7-12 49-53 

IX.   Methods  of  Learning  Wordsigns;  Words  of  High  Frequency; 

Letters  13-18 54-58 

X.    Past  Tense  of  Wordsigns;  "Er-Or";  Abbreviating  Principle; 

Letters  19-25 59-63 

XI.    Phrase- Writing;  Letters  26-35 64-70 

XII.   Rounding  Angles;  Reading  and  Dictation  Material;  Letters 

36-43 71-76 

XIII.  Vocabulary;   Size  of  Characters;  Compactness;  Reading  and 

Dictation  Material;   Letters  44-53 77-83 

XIV.  Prefixes;  Reading  Ability;    Correcting;    Reading  and   Dic- 

tation Material;   Letters  54-61 84-90 

XV.    The   Law   of   Rhvtlim;    Reading   and   Dictation   Material; 

Letters  62-69   ^ 91-98 

XVI.    "Less"  and  "  Ness";  Reviews;  Off-hand  Writing;  Reading 

and  Dictation  Material;   Letters  70-79 99-105 

XVII.    Analogical  Abbreviation;    Quick  Transitions;    Reading  and 

Dictation  Material;   Letters  80-89 106-112 

XVIII.    Analogical  Abbreviations;    Keep  On;    Readmg  and  Dicta- 
tion Material;   Letters  90-96 1*13-119 

XIX.    Phrasing;   Reading  and  Dictation  Material;   Letters  97-107     120-127 
XX.    The  Jog;    Mental   Shorthand  Practice;    Reading  and  Dic- 
tation Material;    Letters  108-115 128-134 

XXI.    Wordsign  Derivatives 135-137 

XXII.   Wordsign    Derivatives    (Continued);     Key;      Reading    and 

Dictation  Material;   Letters  116-130 138-161 

XXIII.  Similar  Words;    Reading  and  Dictation  Material;    Letters 

131-141   162-184 

XXIV.  Similar  Words   (Continued);    "Pre"   and  "Pro";   Reading 

and  Dictation  Material;   Letters  142-152 ;•■•:•■      185-206 

XXV.    Names  of  Women;   Names  of  Men;  Reading  and  Dictation 

Material;   Letters  153-161 207-228 

XXVI.    The  Commonest  Surnames;  Reading  and  Dictation  Mater- 
ial;  Letters  162-168 , 229-249 

XXVII.    Names  of  Cities;  Reading  and  Dictation  Material;  Letters 

169-173 250-270 

XXVIII.    Canadian    and    Foreign    Names;     Reading    and    Dictation 

Material;    Letters  174-178 271-290 

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vi  CONTENTS 

XXIX.    Railway  Phrases;   Reading  and  Dictation  Material;   Letters 

179-181 :•••:■•      291-309 

XXX.   Common    Business    Expressions;    Reading    and    Dictation 

Material 310-328 

TITLES  OF  ARTICLES  IN  SHORTHAND 

A  Man  Passes  for  That  He  Is  Worth, ....  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson   176 

Association  and  Memory William.  James 219 

Basis  of  Speed,  The Willard  B.  Bottome 181 

Business  Career,  The Andrew  Carnegie 221 

Business  Habits Rupert  P.  SoRelle 112 

Business  ReliabiUty Herbert  G.  Stockwell 225 

Concentration Orison  Swett  Marden 288 

Counting  the  Cost Phillips  Brooks 198 

Dead  Work Edioard  H.  Griggs 240 

Discipline  of  the  Time  Schedule,  The ....  Harrington  Emerson 266 

Earnestness Lord  Lytton 157 

Famous  Women  Workers. Vocations  for  Girls 178 

Feeling  for  Literature,  The Hamilton  Wright  Mabie 244 

Free  Education Mary  Antin 202 

Function  of  Literature,  The Arnold  Bennett 183 

Genius  of  Persistence,  The Newell  Dwight  Hillis 154 

Gettysburg  Address Abraham  Lincoln 152 

Great  Art John  Ruskin 174 

Greater  Thrift,  The S.W.  Straus 160 

Imagination  in  Business. Lorin  F.  Deland 223 

Importance  of  the  Principles,  The Frederick  H.  Gurtler 268 

Independence  Day  Address.  '. Woodrow  Wilson 281 

Liberty  and  Union Daniel  Webster 158 

Modern  Banks Selected 98 

Modern  Commercial  Publicity Truman  A.  DeWeese 227 

New  Ideas Madison  C.  Peters 119 

Object  of  Literary  Culture,  The John  Morley 90 

Pass  It  On Waklo  Pondray  Warren 76 

Pioneers  of  the  Pacific  Coast George  H.  Williams 127 

Playing  the  Game Wilfred  T.  Grenfell 200 

Power  of  Ideas,  The Ernest  Fox  Nichols 247 

Practice  from  Actual  Speaking David  Wolfe  Brown 286 

Preparedness  in  Business John  Colder 306 

President  Wilson's  War  Message Woodrow  Wilson 312 

Productive  Employment William  A.  Field 156 

Real  Business  Man,  The Willinm  J.  Bryan 134 

Reportorial  Experiences Charles  Dickens 242 

Secret  Blotting  Pad,  The Harpers'  Weekly 83 

Self-Reading  Shorthand W.  E.  McDermut 153 

Scrvii'i'  of  Business  Schools,  The James  C.  Egbert 303 

Sk\-.s(  lapcr,  The Joseph  Husband 261 

Spirit  of  Loyalty,  The E.  St.  Elmo  Lewis 300 

Stenography  a  Fertile  Field Edward  J.  Kilduff 205 

Story  of  Electrical  Wire,  The Popular  Electricity 283 

Success  in  Shorthand The  Gregg  Writer    203 

Tenafity  of  Attention Reuben  Post  Halleck 180 

Turning  the  Grindstone Benjamin  Franklin 197 

What  Is  Efficiency Edward  E.  Purinton 263 

Young  Man  in  Business,  The George  B.  Cortelyou 105 


METHODS   OF   HANDLING 

Speed  Studies  is  readily  adaptable  to  three  general  methods  of  use.  Pre- 
ceding the  work  under  any  of  the  plans,  however,  a  thorough  study  should  be 
made  of  "  Foundations  of  Speed  and  Accuracy." 

First  Plan.  The  first  plan  contemplates  the  use  of  Speed  Studies  simul- 
taneously with  the  Gregg  Shorthand  Manual,  a  corresponding  lesson  in  Speed 
Studies  being  assigned  with  each  Manual  lesson.  This  plan  probably  will 
secure  the  most  satisfactory  results,  as  it  makes  possible  early  dictation,  and 
a  complete  welding  of  theory  with  practice. 

Second  Plan.  With  the  second  plan,  Gregg  Speed  Studies  is  intended  to  be 
introduced  after  the  student  has  completed  the  Gregg  Shorthand  Manual, 
the  aim  being  to  use  the  early  "  speed  studios  "  and  drills  as  a  re'view.  Emphasis 
should  be  placed  upon  the  reading  and  dictation  drills  pro\dded  in  the  short- 
hand plates. 

Third  Plan.  In  the  third  plan,  the  material  presented  in  the  "studies" 
and  the  e.xecutional  drills  contained  in  the  first  eight  lessons,  may  be  intro- 
duced as  supplementary  material  to  the  Manual.  From  Study  VIII  on  to 
XXI  the  work  may  be  concentrated  wholly  on  the  reading  and  dictation  mate- 
rial in  the  shorthand  plates,  and  the  "studies"  held  for  convenient  assign- 
ments with  the  dictation  material  contained  in  Studies  XXI-XXX  after 
the  Gregg  Shorthand  Manual  has  been  completed. 

An  alternative  plan  which  will  be  used  by  some  teachers  is  to  employ  the 
shorthand  plates  of  Speed  Studies  beginning  with  Study  VII  and  postpone 
assigning  the  introductory  studies  of  each  lesson  until  the  Gregg  Shorthand 
Manual  has  been  completed. 

Advanced  Work.  Attention  of  teachers  is  directed  particularly  to  the  mate- 
rial for  reading  and  dictation  beginning  with  Study  XXI.  This  section  of  the 
book  is  intended  to  be  introduced  with  the  advanced  work  in  business  schools, 
and  in  the  third  semester  in  high  schools.  By  dividing  the  reading  and  dic- 
tation material  and  vocabulary  into  convenient  assignments,  Studies  XXI- 
XXX  may  be  completed  in  one  semester,  leaving  the  last  semester  of  high  school 
free  for  the  more  advanced  work  of  new  dictation,  transcribing  and  office  train- 
ing. 

Divisions  of  Material  in  Studies.  Each  lesson  is  composed  of,  first,  a  "study" 
of  material  vital  in  the  acquirement  of  speed  and  accuracy;  second,  shorthand 
plates  (beginning  with  Study  VII)  for  reading  and  dictation  practice;  third, 
vocabulary  drills  at  the  bottom  of  the  shorthand  pages. 

Method  of  Handling  the  Stxidies.  The  work  on  the  introductory  part  of  each 
"study"  should  be  assigned  and  handled  exactly  as  a  textbook  lesson  should  be, 
emphasis  being  placed  upon  practical  drills  in  writing. 

Method  of  Handlinq  Shorthand  Plates.  These  should  be  assigned  for  practice 
in  reading,  and  a  sufficient  number  of  copies  required  to  insure  familarity  with 
the  forms;  after  which  dictation  should  be  given  until  facility  in  writing  is 
secured. 

Method  of  Handling  Vocahxdary.  After  the  shorthand  plate  has  been  read, 
the  vocabulary  words  given  at  the  bottom  of  each  page  should  be  assigned  for 
practice  until  the  forms  are  mastered.  The  preparation  of  the  vocabulary 
should,  of  course,  precede  the  dictation. 


CHARLES   L.   SWEAI 

Personal  Stenographer  and  Official  Reporter  to  President  Wilson. 
Study  the  Writing  Position  Mr.  Swem  Assumes  at  the  Desk 


FOUNDATIONS  OF  SPEED  AND  ACCURACY 

An  introductory  study  of  some  of  the  basic  principles 
and  practices  in  the  acquisition  of  speed  in  shorthand 

Many  of  the  principles  of  speed  and  accuracy  in  short- 
hand the  student  must  understand  in  a  general  way  before 
any  real  work  can  be  done  toward  acquiring  the  technique 
of  writing.  In  other  words,  the  principles  are  of  general 
application.  Some  of  these  features  will  be  discussed  in  this 
introduction  to  the  Studies  because  rapid  and  effective  progress 
cannot  be  made  without  a  proper  understanding  of  these 
fundamentals. 

The  Right  Start.  —  The  student  of  shorthand  to-day  enjoys 
extraordinary  opportunities.  The  learning  of  shorthand  has 
been  tremendously  simplified  by  the  almost  universal  adoption 
of  a  modern  system,  by  improved  methods  of  pedagogy  and 
improved  textbooks,  and  by  the  increased  efficiency  of  schools 
and  teachers.  Formerly  the  study  of  shorthand  was  accom- 
panied by  a  constant  struggle  with  the  inconsistencies  and 
complexities  of  unscientific  systems.  Only  the  most  hardj'^ 
were  able  to  survive  the  ordeal.  To-day  the  students  of 
shorthand  have  available  a  system  that  has  been  brought 
to  a  degree  of  perfection  that  leaves  little  more  to  be  hoped 
for.  Every  facility  for  becoming  an  expert  writer,  save  one, 
lies  ready  at  hand.     That  missing  factor  can  be  supplied  only 

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2  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

by  the  student  himself  —  and  that  is  his  own  study  and 
appHcation.  The  words  of  Emerson,  "Thou  shalt  be  paid 
exactly  for  what  thou  hast  done,  no  more,  no  less,"  apply  with 
striking  force  to  the  study  of  shorthand.  The  student  will 
get  out  of  shorthand  just  what  he  puts  into  it  —  no  more,  no 
less.  And  what  he  gets  out  of  it  will  depend  very  largely 
upon  his  attitude  of  mind. 

If  he  approaches  the  subject  with  enthusiasm  for  it,  with 
the  aim  in  view  of  perfecting  himself  in  it  for  the  sheer  joy  of 
achievement,  without  thought  of  the  ultimate  results,  his 
success  is  assured.  Some  of  the  most  prominent  men  and 
women  in  commercial  and  professional  life  to-day  got  their 
start  in  the  world  through  the  opportunities  that  shorthand 
offered.  But  they  were  invariably  good  stenographers  first. 
They  threw  their  whole  energy  into  becoming  experts  in  the 
profession  they  had  selected,  and  the  habit  formed  of  doing 
things  well  extended  to  all  their  other  activities.  The  result 
was  that  when  the  big  opportunities  came  they  were  ready 
for  them.  Their  skill  in  shorthand  and  typewriting  had  at- 
tracted the  attention  of  those  higher  up,  and  they  were  given 
opportunities  that  were  denied  those  of  lesser  skill. 

Correct  Habits  Vital.  —  The  late  Professor  James,  the  great 
psychologist  of  Harvard  University,  brings  out  the  power  of 
habit  most  graphically  in  his  book  on  psychology.  He  lays 
down  some  maxims  that  should  l)e  embedded  deeply  into  the 
consciousness  of  every  student  of  stenography.  "Could  the 
young  but  realize  how  soon  they  will  become  mere  walking 
bundles  of  habits,"  says  Professor  James,  "they  would  give 
more  heed  to  their  conduct  while  in  the  plastic  state.  We  are 
spinning  our  fates,  good  or  evil,  never  to  be  undone." 

All  habits,  good  or  bad,  are  the  heritage  of  youth. 


Study  the  Easy  Position  of  Mk.  Savkm's  Hand  —  Thk  Hand  that  \\'uote 
268  Words  a  Minute  for  Five  Minutes  in  the  National  Shorthand 
Reporters'  Speed  Contest 


4  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

"The  great  thing  in  all  education,"  he  continues,  "is  to  make 
our  nervous  system  our  ally  instead  of  our  enemy.  We  must 
make  automatic  and  habitual  as  many  useful  actions  as  we  can, 
and  guard  against  growing  into  ways  that  are  likely  to  be  a 
disadvantage  to  us.  The  more  the  details  of  our  daily  life  we 
can  shorten  owing  to  the  effortless  custody  of  automatism,  the 
more  our  higher  powers  of  mind  will  be  set  free  for  their  own 
proper  work." 

He  lays  down  four  principles  that  are  vitally  important: 

"First:  In  the  acquisition  of  a  new  habit,  or  the  leaving-off 
of  an  old  one,  we  must  take  care  to  launch  ourselves  with  as 
strong  and  decided  an  initiative  as  possible. 

"  Second :  Never  suffer  an  exception  to  occur  till  the  new  habit 
is  rooted  in  your  life. 

"Third:  Seize  the  very  first  possible  opportunity  to  act  on 
every  resolution  you  make  and  on  every  emotional  prompting 
you  may  experience  in  the  direction  of  habits  you  aspire  to 
gain." 

Shorthand  is  a  habit-forming  study.  Each  step  in  your 
work,  therefore,  should  be  considered  very  carefully  so  that 
correct  habits  may  be  acquired  at  the  start,  for  it  is  next  to 
impossible  to  overcome  habits  that  have  once  become  fixed  — 
transferred  to  the  automatic  process.  The  object  to  be  sought 
in  studying  the  art  of  shorthand  writing  is  to  build  up  a  set 
of  automatic  actions  as  quickly  and  as  thoroughly  as  possible. 
Every  detail  leading  to  this  end  must  be  studied  and  practiced. 
There  is  hardly  any  other  practical  art  in  which  the  study  of 
economical  habits  of  movement  and  of  efficiency  methods  yields 
such  large  returns  as  in  the  technique  of  shorthand  writing. 
Such  mechanical  details  as  the  kind  of  materials  you  use  — 
pen,  pencil,  notebook,  etc. — become  of  very  great  importance. 


FOUNDATIONS  OF  SPEED  AND  ACCURACY      5 

But  of  greater  importance  still  are  the  personal  habits  ycu 
acquire  of  thought,  of  posture,  of  execution,  etc. 

Materials.  —  The  good  workman  invariably  demands  good 
tools.  He  knows  that  the  best  work  is  only  possible  when  the 
material  necessities  are  of  high  quality.  Careful  attention 
should,  therefore,  be  given  to  the  materials  with  which  you 
work. 

Notebooks.  — ■  The  notebook  especially  is  of  importance. 
The  surface  of  the  paper  should  be  firm  and  smooth  in  order  to 
enable  you  to  emploj^  a  light  touch  —  the  lighter  the  better. 
It  should  be  free  from  imperfections  in  texture.  The  size  most 
generally  recommended  by  the  best  writers  is  six  by  nine  inches. 
The  lines  preferably  should  be  one-third  of  an  inch  apart, .  as 
this  spacing  of  the  lines  will  tend  to  develop  a  more  compact 
style  of  writing.  The  page  should  have  a  vertical  ruling  down 
the  middle  so  as  to  afford  two  columns  for  writing  on  each 
page.  A  column  three  inches  wide  enables  you  to  write  cor- 
rectly across  the  line  of  writing  without  shifting  the  arm  to 
any  appreciable  degree.  If  a  pencil  is  used  a  slightly  rougher 
surface  is  necessary. 

Pen  or  Pencil.  —  Whether  the  pen  or  pencil  is  the  better 
instrument  for  shorthand  writing  is  a  much  discussed  question, 
but  the  consensus  of  opinion  of  the  most  experienced  and 
fastest  writers  is  that  the  pen  is  to  be  preferred.  The  pen  gives 
a  firm,  distinct  outline  that  is  easily  recognized.  The  small 
circles  and  hooks  especially  can  be  much  more  readily  and 
accurately  executed  with  the  pen  than  with  the  pencil.  Pen- 
writing  is  also  very  much  easier  to  read  because  it  is  generally 
more  accurate.  The  more  distinct  lines  of  pen-writing  make 
the  reading  far  easier  on  the  eyes. 

A  pen  should  be  selected  which  has  a  fairly  fine,  but  smooth, 


6  GREGG   SPEED   STUDIES 

point.  The  kind  of  point  best  adapted  to  the  hand  can  only 
be  ascertained  by  a  Httle  experiment.  While  many  writers 
prefer  the  ordinary  dip  pen,  the  fountain  pen  has  so  many 
advantages  that  it  is  to  be  recommended  in  all  cases. 

If  a  pencil  is  used  —  and  many  writers  prefer  it  in  spite  of 
its  known  disadvantages  —  the  student  should  be  supplied 
with  a  sufficient  number  of  well-sharpened  pencils  to  obviate 
the  necessity  of  writing  with  a  dull  point,  A  dull  point  in- 
fluences the  writing  in  a  very  marked  degree.  Pencil  notes' 
are  apt  to  be  large  and  inaccurately  formed,  and  as  the  pencil 
dulls  this  tendency  grows,  making  the  notes  very  difficult  to 
read. 

Posture.  —  Perhaps  no  other  feature  of  shorthand  writing 
contributes  so  much  to  the  ease,  speed  and  accuracy  of  writing 
as  does  the  position  the  writer  assumes  at  the  table.  In  the 
teaching  of  penmanship  great  emphasis  is  laid  upon  the  correct 
posture.  Posture  becomes  of  even  greater  importance  in 
shorthand  writing,  for  shorthand  not  only  must  be  written 
correctly,  but  to  become  highly  useful  it  must  be  written  at  a 
very  rapid  rote  of  speed.  The  shorthand  writer  is  also  often 
required  to  write  at  a  high  rate  of  speed  for  long  periods  of 
time.  Sustained  effort  thus  becomes  a  necessity.  Since  each 
character  he  writes  in  shorthand  is  fraught  with  greater  mean- 
ing, it  must  be  executed  with  much  greater  care  even  at  the 
higher  speeds. 

The  position  at  the  desk  should  receive  the  most  earnest 
attention  of  all  writers  who  wish  to  become  rapid  and  skillful.' 
In  order  that  the  student  may  gain  an  accurate  idea  of  the  best 
posture,  illustrations  of  the  position  of  some  of  the  best  writers 
of  the  system  are  presented.  An  analysis  of  these  illustrations, 
and  a  study  of  the  technique  of  the  best  writers,  will  show  that 


FREDERICK  H.   GURTLER 

The  Writing  Position  of  Mr.  Frederick  H.  Gtjrtler,  Court  and  Con- 
vention Reporter,  Ex-Vice-President  of  the  National  Shorthand 
Reporters'  Association,  and  Winner  of  the  Famous  Miner  Medal 


8 


GREGG  SPEED   STUDIES 


the  majority  of  writers  sit  squarely  in  front  of  the  desk  with 
both  forearms  resting  on  it.  The  notebook  or  paper  is  placed 
in  a  line  with  the  right  forearm  so  that  the  hand  can  be  moved 

across  the  line  of  writing  without  shift- 
ing the  arm.  The  body  is  bent,  it  will 
be  noticed,  from  the  hips.  In  no  case 
does  the  writer  "slump"  over  his  work 
with  the  shoulders  pressed  forward, 
but  the  chest  is  wide  open  to  permit  of 
free  breathing.  The  writer  should  sit 
far  enough  away  so  that  the  edge  of 
the  table  does  not  press  against  his 
})ody .  The  '  feet  should  be  planted 
firmly  on  the  floor.  Many  beginners 
t  wist  their  feet  around  the  legs  of  the 
chair  and  assume  all  sorts  of  awkward 
and  erratic  positions  very  much  to  the 
detriment  of  their  progress. 

When  the  bod^^  is  bent  slightly  for- 
ward a  little  weight  will  be  resting  on  the  elbows  and  fore- 
arms. The  back  should  be  perfectly  straight  from  the  hips  to 
the  shoulders.  The  weight  of  the  arm  is  carried  by  the  heavy 
muscles  of  the  forearm,  and  the  movements  of  the  hand,  wrist 
and  fingers  can  be  executed  with  the  minimum  of  effort.  It 
does  not  follow  that  a  comfortable  position  is  a  correct  one. 
Through  habit  you  may  have  accustomed  yourself  to  a  very 
awkward  position.  To  find  out  whether  you  are  assuming  an 
incorrect  position  ask  your  teacher  to  watch  you  closely  during 
the  time  you  are  taking  notes  and  to  offer  suggestions. 

Position  of  Hand  and  Arm.  —  The  position  of  the  right  hand 
and  arm  is  of  just  as  great  importance  as  is  that  of  the  body. 


Illustration  of  Cohrect 
Position  for  Note-taking 
While  Standing.  Posed 
BY  George  S.  McClure 


FOUNDATIONS  OF  SPEED  AND  ACCURACY  9 

Illustrations  on  page  10  show  two  views  of  the  correct  position 
of  hand  and  forearm.  Study  particularly  the  slant  of  the  pen, 
the  position  of  fingers,  and  the  method  of  grasping  the  pen. 
The  hand  and  arm  must  have  the  maximum  of  flexibility 
and  freedom.  Since  the  best  writers  of  shorthand  make  use 
of  the  muscular  movement,  and  this  method  has  everything 
in  its  favor,  it  should  be  cultivated  from  the  very  beginning 
of  the  study  of  the  art. 

The  large  muscles   of  the  arm  are  much  more  capable  of 


Illustration  of  Proper  Method  of  Holding  Notebook  Flat.    Posed 
BY  Mr.  Gurtler 

sustained  effort  than  are  the  muscles  of  the  fingers;  but  un- 
fortunately they  cannot  be  trained  to  as  high  a  degree  of 
nicety  of  movement  as  can  those  of  the  fingers.  A  study  of 
the  writing  movements  of  the  most  rapid  writers  shows  that 
both  finger  and  wrist  movements  are  used.  The  best  results 
can  be  obtained  when  a  judicious  blending  of  these  move- 
ments is  employed.  As  an  illustration:  such  characters  as 
p,  b,  f,  V,  can  be  executed  much  more  readily  and  quickly  if 
the  downward   sweep   is   a   combination   of   arm    and   finger 


10  .  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

movement.  The  circles  and  hooks  can  also  be  executed  with 
greater  speed  if  the  finger  movement  is  combined  with  arm 
and  wrist  movement. 

Keep  the  wrist  and  ball  of  the  hand  from  touching  the  paper 
or  the  desk,  but  the  whole  forearm  from  the  elbow  to  the  wrist 
should  rest  on  the  table.  With  the  second,  third  and  fourth 
fingers  turned  in,  as  shown  in  the  illustrations,  the  hand  will 
be  in  a  position  to  glide  easily  on  the  nails  of  these  fingers. 

Hold  the  pen  with  just  enough 
pressure  to  give  you  command  of  it, 
but  do  not  grip  it  so  firmly  and  ten- 
aciously that  all  flexibility  of  move- 
ment is  destroyed.  Gripping  the 
pen  with  a  death-like  hold  is  one  of 
the  most  common  habits  young  and 
inexperienced  writers  acquire,  and  it 

Illustration  OF  Correct  Po-    -g  ^^^^^  ^^  ^^gj^  spgg^|  ^nd  tO  ease  of 
siTioN  OF  Hand  and  Arm  . 

execution. 

In  all  arts  "form"  or  "technique"  is  of  vast  importance. 
Study  the  work  of  the  violinist,  the  pianist,  the  golfer,  the 
tennis  player,  and  it  will  be  seen  that  the  experts  have  acquired 
a  certain  grace  of  form,  an  art  in  execution  that  at  once 
appeals  to  us  because  of  its  obvious  effectiveness. 

The  late  David  Wolfe  Brown,  the  famous  congressional  re- 
porter, says:  "Pen  gripping,  involving  as  it  does  needless  mus- 
cular effort,  tends  to  promote  an  inartistic  style  of  writing, 
interferes  with  the  acquisition  of  speed,  and  induces  undue  and 
premature  fatigue,  to  say  nothing  of  the  ultimate  danger  of 
pen  paralysis  from  the  unnecessary,  excessive .  and  long-con- 
tinued muscular  strain." 

Light  Touch.  —  A  light  touch  of  pen  or  pencil  upon  the  paper 


FOUNDATIONS  OF  SPEED  AND  ACCURACY      11 

is  necessary  to  high  speed.  Using  a  heavy  touch  means  gripping 
the  pen;  it  destroys  all  flexibility  of  movement  and  it  also  re- 
tards speed  and  leads  to  inaccurac}^  No  more  pressure  should 
be  exerted  than  is  necessaiy  to  make  a  clear,  definite  outline. 

Efficiency  Methods.  —  Much  of  the  speed  displayed  by  the 
fastest  writers  of  shorthand  is  acquired  by  a  study  and  practice 
of  efficiency  methods  in  performing  their  work.  The  elimina- 
tion of  waste  mechanical  motion  has  almost  as  much  to  do  with 
speed  in  writing  as  does  the  shortening  of  outlines  or  the  ap- 
plication of  the  abbreviating  principles  of  the  s\^stem,  phrasing, 
etc.  The  position  of  the  notebook,  the  turning  of  the  leaves, 
the  passing  from  one  outline  to  another,  the  spacing  between 
the  outlines,  the  passing  from  the  bottom  of  a  column  t  ^  the 
top  of  the  next,  the  distance  the  hand  travels  above  or  be.^w 
the  line  of  writing  —  all  are  factors  that  should  be  considered' 
ver}^  carefully  and  analj^zed  by  the  student  who  wishes  to 
acquire  high  speed  as  well  as  accuracy.  The  proper  time  to 
make  a  study  of  these  features  of  the  writing  is  at  the  start, 
before  incorrect  hcihits  are  formed. 

Turning  the  Leaves  of  the  Notebook.  —  To  the  inexperienced 
writer  the  turning  of  a  leaf  of  his  notebook  is  always  attended 
with  a  sense  of  hurry  and  fear  that  something  will  be  lost, 
especially  if  the  dictation  is  pushing  him  to  the  limit  of  his 
speed.  A  little  study  and  practice  will  enable  the  wiitcr  to 
tui'n  the  leaves  without  appreciable  loss  of  time. 

The  following  description  of  the  proper  method  of  turning 
the  leaves  is  the  result  of  much  study  and  practice  on  the 
part  of  the  talented  reportcn",  Thomas  Allen  Re(^d.  He  says: 
"While  writing  on  the  upper  half  of  the  leaf  introduce  the 
second  finger  of  the  left  hand  between  it  and  the  next  leaf, 
keeping  the  leaf  just  Ix'ing  written  on  steadj^  by  the  first  finger 


SALOME   LANNING   TARR 

Getting  a  Lkaf  in  Position  for  Easy  Turning  is  Illustrated  by  Miss 
Tarr,  Who  Established  the  World's  Record  for  Accuracy  in  the 
Fifth  International  Shorthand  Speed  Contest.  See  Page  11  for 
Description  of  Method  of  Turning  Leaves 


FOUNDATIONS  OF  SPEED  AND  ACCURACY      13 

and  thumb.  While  writing  on  the  last  part  of  the  page  shift 
the  leaf  by  degrees  until  it  is  about  halfway  up  the  book; 
when  it  is  convenient,  lift  the  first  finger  and  thumb  and  the 
leaf  will  turn  by  itself.  This  is  the  best  plan  while  writing  on 
a  desk  or  table.  When  writing  on  the  knee,  the  first  finger 
should  be  introduced  instead  of  the  second,  and  the  leaf  be 
shifted  up  only  about  two  inches.  The  finger  should  be  intro- 
duced at  the  first  pause  the  speaker  makes  or  at  any  convenient 
opportunity  that  presents  itself." 

Mr.  Isaac  S.  Dement,  one  of  the  most  expert  shorthand 
writers  the  world  has  ever  known,  preferred  handling  the  note- 
book much  as  Mr.  Reed  has  described,  but  he  kept  shifting 
constantly  upward  the  page  upon  which  he  was  writing 
so  that  when  the  writer  finished  one  page  he  would  be  in  a 
position  to  begin  the  second  page  without  having  to  move  the 
hand  from  the  bottom  of  the  notebook  to  the  top  of  the  next 
page. 

Passing  from  One  Outline  to  Another.  —  The  writer  should 
cultivate  from  the  start  the  art  of  passing  directly  from  one 
outline  to  another  without  any  preliminary  or  useless  move- 
ments. It  is  axiomatic  that  the  shortest  distance  between 
two  points  is  a  straight  line.  The  best  time  to  practice  this 
method  is  while  taking  dictation  which  has  been  practiced,  as 
the  attention  can  then  be  concentrated  entirely  on  the  move- 
ment used  in  passing  from  one  word  to  another,  and  the  mind 
not  diverted  by  trying  to  recall  unfamiliar  outlines  or  in  con- 
structing new  ones. 

By  observing  the  work  of  poorly  trained  writers  it  will  be 
seen  that  the  pen  makes  several  unnecessar}^  movements  at 
the  completion  of  each  wordform  —  the  writer  seemingly  trjang 
to  get  a  running  start  by  making  several  movements  in  the 


14  GREGG  SPEED   STUDIES 

air.  These  movements  result  in  a  loss  of  valuable  nervous 
energy.  They  are  generally  the  result  of  tiie  hesitation  caused 
by  tr3'ing  to  recall  principles  or  wordsigns  of  which  the  writer 
has  but  a  hazy  recollection. 

By  memorizing  a  short  passage  and  writing  it  repeatedly 
from  memory,  passing  directly  from  one  outline  to  the  next, 
much  may  be  done  to  overcome  this  very  wasteful  habit. 
The  idea  to  be  held  in  mind  constantly  is  continuity  of 
movement.  In  acquiring  this  movement  a  certain  deliberation 
must  at  first  be  observed ;  the  desire  to  keep  the  hand  moving, 
except  in  performing  the  actual  act  of  writing  outlines,  should 
be  repressed. 

In  passing  from  one  outline  to  another  do  not  raise  the 
pen  higher  from  the  paper  than  is  necessary  to  clear  it,  for 
it  must  be  remembered  that  the  farther  the  pen  travels  the 
longer  it  takes,  and  unnecessar}^  travel  records  itself  in  de- 
creased efficiency. 

From  the  first,  aim  to  acquire  an  easy,  rapid  —  but  accurate 
—  formation  of  the  characters  and  to  make  each  character 
with  a  continuous  movement.  Continuous  does  not  necessarily 
imply  rapid.  One  good  way  to  acquire  this  is  to  make  a  mental 
picture  of  the  entire  shorthand  form  of  a  word  or  phrase  before 
writing  it.  If  you  are  about  to  'write  the  word  "make,"  for 
example,  think  of  the  consonants  ''m"  and  "k"  and  where 
the  vowel  should  go  — -  outside  the  angle  —  and  then  write  the 
entire  word  with  an  easy,  flowing  movement.  If  you  can- 
not write  the  wordform  without  a  jerky  movement  the  first 
time  you  attempt  it,  keep  on  writing  it  until  you  can.  That 
is  one  of  the  very  greatest  of  the  "speed  secrets."  Acquire 
the  habit  early  and  it  will  help  j'^ou  immensely  all  through  the 
Studies  and  enable  you  to  acquire  a  higher  degree  of  skill  than 


FOUNDATIONS  OF  SPEED  AND  ACCURACY      15 

you  possibly  could  in  any  other  way.  The  same  principle 
applies  to  phrasing. 

Spacing  Between  Outlines.  —  The  spacing  between  outlines 
should  be  no  more  than  is  necessary  to  give  a  proper  clearance 
between  outlines.     It  should  be  uniform  as  far  as  possible. 

Size  of  Notes.  —  Adopt  a  size  of  notes  that  seems  natural 
to  you.  The  characters  given  in  this  text  and  in  the  Gregg 
Writer  are  a  good  size  to  follow  as  a  standard.  As  a  general 
tiling,  students  make  characters  too  large,  and,  as  this  tendency 
is  magnified  in  rapid  writing,  much  is  to  be  gained  by  starting 
with  notes  that  are  rather  small.  The  size  of  notes,  however, 
is  a  point  that  must  be  determined  largel}-  by  the  writer  him- 
self, but  he  should  consult  with  liis  teacher  and  aim  to  adopt 
a  size  which  facihtates  execution.  The  size  should  be  such 
as  to  give  a  natural  freedom  of  movement,  but  this  should 
be  determined  only  after  earnest  analysis. 

Correcting  Outlines.  —  While  practicing  for  speed  and  ac- 
curacy, or  taking  dictation,  the  writer  should  never  under  any 
circmnstances  correct  or  change  wordforms  while  writing.  Mak- 
ing incorrect  outlines  is  mostly  a  matter  of  habit.  It  is  just 
as  easy  to  acquire  the  habit  of  writing  correctly  as  it  is  to  write 
incorrectly.  The  loss  of  time  in  crossing  out  words  incorrectly 
written  is  equivalent  to  that  of  writing  several  words  correctly, 
to  say  nothing  of  the  mental  disturbance  it  causes.  The  time 
to  make  corrections  in  outlines  is  while  reading  or  transcribing 
the  notes.  Then  every  poorly  executed  outline  should  receive 
careful  attention  and  sufficient  practice  obtained  in  writing 
the  correct  form  to  establish  ease  of  execution. 

Concentrating  the  Attention.  —  Facility  in  writing  reaches 
the  highest  point  only  when  the  writer  can  give  his  undivided 
attention  to  the  work  in  hand.     The  writer  should  never  let 


PAULA  E.   WERNING 

The  Writing  Position  of  Miss  Paula  E.  Werning,  Holder  of  the 
First  Certified  Shorthand  Reporter  Certificate  Issued  in  New 
York  State.  Speed  Record,  232  ^^■oRDS  a  Minute  on  Jury  Charge 
IN  National  Shorthand  Reporters'  Contest 


FOUNDATIONS  OF  SPEED  AND  ACCURACY  17 

his  attention  be  diverted  if  he  can  possibly  avoid  it.  He 
should  even  accustom  himself  to  continue  his  writing  when 
the  most  startling  causes  for  interruption  appear.  Holding 
command  of  the  attention  is  an  art  that  cannot  be  too  strongly 
emphasized. 

Systematic  Methods  of  Arranging  the  Notebook.  —  Bv  fol- 
lowing a  sj'stematic  method  the  notebook  of  the  stenographer 
can  be  arranged  so  that  any  letter  or  any  piece  of  dictation  can 
be  referred  to  quickly.  At  the  l^eginning  of  each  day's  work 
the  noteljook  should  be  dated.  The  beginning  of  each  dicta- 
tion or  letter  should  be  indicated  by  some  landmark.  If  the 
dictation  consists  of  letters  the  name  of  each  firm  should  begin 
on  a  new  line  and  be  indented.  Form  the  habit  of  writing 
names  in  shorthand.  The  vast  majority  of  names  can  be 
written  just  as  accurately  in  shorthand  as  in  longhand.  It  is 
only  the  name  of  unusual  spelhng  that  needs  to  be  written  in 
longhand. 

As  each  piece  of  dictation  is  transcribed,  draw  a  vertical  line 
down  through  it  to  indicate  that  the  matter  has  been  tran- 
scribed or  read.  In  reading,  circle  each  outline  that  has  been 
imperfectly  executed  and  afterwards  practice  the  correct  form 
for  each  of  these  encircled  wordforms  as  has  been  suggested  in 
the  foregoing.  A  rubber  band  should  be  slipped  over  the  leaves 
of  the  notebook  preceding  the  beginning  of  a  day's  work,  so 
that  the  place  of  writing  can  be  quickl}^  found  when  it  is  desired 
to  refer  to  any  of  the  early  dictation  of  the  day. 

General  Principles  To  Be  Applied 

To  become  expert  in  writing  and  in  reading  shorthand, 
these  principles  should  be  kept  in  mind: 

First,  that  the  principles  of  tiie  system  must  be  apphed  ac- 


imy^"' 


JOSEPH    i\I.   SHAFFER 

Writing  Position  of  Mr.  Joseph  M.  Shaffer,  Who  Holds  the  World's 
Record  for  Accuracy  at  175  Words  a  Minute  on  Solid  Matter, 
Making  but  One  Error  (Due  to  Mishearing)  in  Five  Minutes' 
Dictation  —  99.99%  Perfect 


FOUNDATIONS  OF  SPEED  AND  ACCURACY      19 

curately  and  intelligently  in  order  to  give  the  required  brevity 
of  form  and  to  produce  uniforniit}^  in  writing. 

Second,  that  the  proportion  of  the  characters  must  l^e  con- 
stantly observed.  That  is,  a  careful  distinction  must  be  made 
in  the  length  of  strokes  and  in  the  size  of  circles. 

Third,  much  practice  must  be  obtained  in  applying  principles 
and  in  the  execution  of  the  characters  in  order  to  secure  facilit3^ 

Fourth,  everj'thing  written  must  be  read  —  even  the  forms 
made  in  practicing  the  simple  characters  of  the  alphabet. 
The  shorthand  characters  should  be  analyzed,  criticized  and 
studied  until  an  accurate  style  of  writing  has  become  a  habit. 

Fifth,  frequent  and  thorough  i*eviews  are  essential  to  rapid 
and  sure  progress.  The  review  should  not  be  confined  solely 
to  "mental"'  review,  ])ut  should  be  accompanied  b}^  much 
practice  in  writing.  A  deep  impression  of  the  principles  can 
be  acquired  only  by  such  reviews  intelligentlv  conducted. 
Each  time  the  writer  goes  over  a  principle  thoughtfuU}^  with 
the  mind  concentrated  on  it,  the  deeper  will  become  the  im- 
pression of  that  principle. 

Sixth,  shorthand  is  a  habit-forming  study;  habits  are  ac- 
quired not  by  doing  a  thing  once  but  by  repetition. 

Seventh,  as  much  as  possible  of  actual  writing  should  be 
done  from  dictation,  or  from  copjdng  well-written  shorthand. 
Copying  from  printed  matter  is  useful,  but  since  shorthand 
writing  is  nearly  always  done  from  dictation  it  is  evident  that 
]:)ractice  of  this  kind  is  preferable.  The  student,  however, 
should  form  the  habit  of  writing  all  of  his  original  composi- 
tions and  notes  in  shorthand.     We  learn  shorthand  by  using  it. 


SPEED   STUDY   I 


FIRST  LESSON 


Speed  and  accuracy  in  shorthand  writing  begin  with  the 
very  first  lesson.  They  depend  ahnost  wholh'  upon  two  things: 
first,  the  clearness  of  the  mental  picture  of  each  form  the 
student  has  in  mind;  and,  second,  upon  his  aljility  to  execute 
correctly  and  with  rapidity  the  movements  which  are  necessary 
to  reproduce  the  picture.  A  good  shorthand  stjde  depends 
eventually,  not  upon  what  the  writer  has  in  mind,  but  upon 
what  he  can  put  on  paper.  It  means  clear  vision  plus  maskry 
of  movement. 

An  analysis  of  Gregg  Shorthand  shows  that  there  are  certain 
elementary  combinations  which  are  repeated,  with  slight 
variations,  over  and  over  again  —  even  in  the  most  advanced 
writing.  A  masterj^  of  these  movements,  it  is  obvious,  will 
therefore  give  the  writer  a  firm  foundation  upon  which  to 
Ijuild  his  structure  of  speed  and  accuracy. 

In  studying  the  drills,  aim  first  at  securing  a  dear  meydal 
'picture  of  the  form  to  be  executed;  analyze  carefully  the  move- 
ment necessary  to  make  it  rapidly,  and  then  repeat  the  move- 
ment until  facility  is  acquired.  At  the  beginning  a  careful 
comparison  of  the  notes  written  with  the  correct  forms  in  the 
text  is  essential.  The  comparison  should  be  carried  on  until 
the  habit  of  correct  movement  has  been  established.  The 
characters  are  to  be  written,  not  drawn.  Two  important- 
features  to  })e  looked  after  constantly  are:  first,  length  of  con- 
sonant strokes;  and,  second,  sizes  of  circles  and  hook  vowels. 

20 


FIRST  LESSON  21 

Consonants.  —  In   practicing    the    following    drill,   make    a 
positive  distinction  in  the  length  of  strokes: 

DrW.  1 


Consonant   Combinations.  —  The    joining    of    curves,    and 
especially  unequal  curves  is  a  point  that  needs  emphasis. 

Drill  2 

Equal  Curves  Unequal  Curves 

kv    —^      ^     ^         kl 

rk    __    . .      . __    . gr 

Ig    . ,      .   .  Ik 


Circle  Vowels.  —  In  writing  the  circle  vowels,  sizes  must 
be  carefully  distinguished.  It  is  important  to  note  that  circles 
may  be  written  in  either  direction  —  from  right  to  left  or 
the  reverse  —  dejx^nding  uix)n  the  nature  of  the  joining. 
Practice  writing  in  both  directions. 


22 

a  o  o    o 

O      C      o       o 


GREGG   SPEED  STUDIES 
Drill  3 
o     ao  o    o^c.    o  o  o   <=  o  o     ooOooo 


Circle  Vowels  Joined  to  Curves.  —  In  joining  circle  vowels 
to  curves  no  part  of  the  circle  should  be  retraced.  Observe 
carefully  the  movement  used  in  starting  and  finishing  the 
circle  as  indicated  by  the  dotted  arrow: 

Right  way:       ^, — ^       ^^-jo-      ^q'-   ^       <._!i?': 

By  retracing  the  circle,  as  shown  in  the  following  illustration, 
much  time  will  be  wasted: 

Wrong  way:     ^    ^        ^-^^S)        <2 <^ — C^ 

Practice  the  joining  of  both  large  and  small  circles  at  the 
beginning  and  end  of  each  consonant.  Form  the  habit  of  com- 
'pletely  closing  the  circle. 

Inside  Curves.  —  There  should  l^e  no  space  between  the  circle 
and  the  consonant. 

Drill  .'+ 


.;?^ 


^?^      ^' 


C2- 


^^ 


^T? 


FIRST    LESSON 


23 


Outside   Angles.  —  In  joinings   of  the   following   type   the 
cn-cle  cuts  the  line  of  writing:  .....<r:gf rrr.Tgj' ^^^m... 

D7'ill  5 


J^ 


-^ 
^ 


-^ 


-,< 


-^ 


^^ 


oZ_ 


Circles  Joined  to  Straight  Strokes.  — In  joining  the  circle 
to  straight  strokes,  start  or  finish  the  circle  as  shown  b}"  the 
dotted  lines  in  the  following  illustration: 


Right  way: 
Wrong  ivmj:      c? 


^      ^ 


In    the   following   drill    join   the    circle   with    the   forward 
movement : 


24 


GREGG   SPEED   STUDIES 

Drill  6 


^ 


Between  Reverse  Curves.  —  When  a  circle  occurs  between 
reverse  curves,  the  circle  should  join  snugly,  thus: 

Kighl  way:        - — ^^3 — ^        ^ — 1::^'~-^ 

It  will  be  noted  that  if  the  circle  were  erased  the  curves 
would  still  retain  their  correct  formation.  If  the  joining 
has  not  been  skillfully  executed  the  outlines  will  have  this 
appearance : 

Wrong  way: 

Drill  7 


Key:   gale,  lag,  kale,  lake,  rig,  gear,  kill,  gill,  click,  rag,  leak,  drag, 
wreck,  trigger,  caret,  trick,  league,  racket,  rake. 


SPEED   STUDY  II 


SECOND   LESSON 


Speed  in  the  execution  of  the  consonants  presented  in  the 
Second  Lesson  of  the  Manual  can  be  increased  by  combining 
muscular  movement  with  a  slight  closing  of  the  fingers  with 
the  downward  sweep  of  the  pen.  Speed  is  vastly  increased  b}'- 
eliminating  all  unnecessary  movements.  Analyze  the  move- 
ments necessary  to  execute  a  form.  Pass  from  one  character 
to  another  in  the  most  direct  line,  with  the  pen  barely  clearing 
the  paper.     Do  not  stop  at  the  end  of  a  character. 

Observe  length  very  carefully  —  but  write  the  characters. 

Drill  1 

^  ^r  rr  ^r  rr  r  J  J  jjjjjj;  ,J 
'//  ///  '//  .//  .//  ,//,//  ,//  ,// 

Consonants  Joined.  —  The  combinations  pr,  hr,  Jr,  pi,  hi,  fl, 
are  of  very  frequent  occurrence,  and  special  attention  to  the 
writing  of  them  is  highly  essential.  These  frequently-  recurring 
combinations  should  be  written  with  one  sweep  of  the  pen. 
Distinction  in  length  is  of  vital  importance. 

Study  very  carefully  the  following  types  of  joinings  —  the 
dotted  lines  indicate  slant: 


^ 


26  GREGG  SPEED   STUDIES 

Frequent  Consonant  Combinations.  —  Note  that  in  -pr,  pi, 
the  first  movement  is  from  right  to  left;  in  br,  hi,  the  first  move- 
ment is  downward. 

Drill  2 


Key   to   second  and  third  lines:  pray,  bray,  play,  blame,  apple,  prate, 
brain,  plain,  bred,  preach,  pledge,  blade,  brim. 

The  "Fr"  Blend.  —  The  fr,fl,  and  yr,  vl  combinations  —  or 
blends  —  should  also  be  executed  with  one  movement.     Study 
particularly  the  slant  of  /  and  v  as  indicated  by  the  dotted  lines: 


•e 


£  .-(L    ,<i  -L.  -i  AL. 


Incorrect  forms:     '-X^      '-} ■  ;^ 

Intervening  Vowels.  —  When  a  circle  vowel  intervenes  be- 
tween the  /  or  V  and  a  following  r  or  I,  and  in  other  similar 
joinings,  the  angle  is  restored  and  the  circle  placed  outside, 
thus : 

Key:   fear,  feel,  fair,  fail,  vary,  valley. 


SECOND  LESSON 


27 


In  harmony  with  the  fr  and  fl  blends,   such  combinations 
as  the  following  should  receive  study  and  practice: 


7 


7 


Key:   keep,  can-be. 


Practice  the  following  words,  which  form  a  nucleus  for  other 
combinations  of  this  character,  until  facihty  in  writing  the 
fr  and  fl  blends  is  acquired : 


Drill  3 


^      ^ 


4 


Key:  free,  fray,  frame,  flay,  flame,  flat,  freed,  fresh,  flee,  frail,  flit, 
flash,  flail,  flag,  French. 

Repeated  Consonants.  —  In  placing  a  circle  between  repeated 
strokes  the  distinctive  form  and  slant  of  the  consonants  must 
be  properly  observed.     Note  the  following: 


Correct  Forms:        ^ 


■v^j2>-- 


By    comparing   the    following    incorrect     forms    with     the 
foregoing  the  importance  of  correct  slant  will  be  evident: 


Incorrect  forms:    _.-•(£,     .-^ 


Note  the  different  slants,  as  indicated  by  the  dotted  lines. 


28  GREGG   SPEED   STUDIES 

Facile  Joinings.  —  In  the  following  joinings,  observe  how  each 
consonant  stands  out  distinctly,  and  how  both  slant  and 
econom}'  of  effort  in  joining  are  fully  preserved: 


Key.    par,  bail,  parade,  berry,  billet,  ballad,  shelf,  cash,  jail,  cage, 
gash,  cave,  peel,  pallid,  pallet,  gage. 

In  such  joinings  as  }j-a-r,  for  example,  the  circle  should  close 
up  snugl3^ 

In  such  combinations  as  the  following  a  very  full  curve  pro- 
duces a  more  facile  joining: 

Drill  5 


Kc]}:  deep,  evade,  fish,  batch,  calm,  latch,  peach,  chap,  chief,  knave. 

Straight  Strokes.  —  Attention  must  also  be  given  to  the 
execution  of  straight  lines.  Because  of  the  apparent  simplicity, 
the  execution  of  the  straight  stokes  is  often  neglected.  Better 
outlines  will  be  made  automatically  if  the  methods  of  joining 
the  circle  explained  on  page  23  of  the  preceding  Study  are 


SECOND  LESSON  29 

observed.     Note  particularly  in  the  following  that  the  straight 
characters  are  reall}^  straight  and  that  the  curves  are  distinct: 

Drill  6 

f  9  n  .  J       ;  9  ;  ^  6  C 

Key:   each,  hatch,  edge,  age,  she,  jay,  if,  after,  every,   I-have,  pay, 
beUeve. 

Reverse  Curves.  —  There  are  a  few  words  in  which  the 
reverse  curves  in  this  lesson  are  found  in  combination.  The 
following  illustrations  should  be  practiced  carefulty: 

Drill  7 


Key:  beef,  pave,  fib,  bevy,  peevish. 

Modification  of  Circles.  —  The  mastery  of  the  joinings  illus- 
trated in  paragraphs  fifteen  and  sixteen  of  the  Manual  is  of 
very  great  importance. 

Drill  8 


Key:   rap,    leap,   chat,   dish,   rave,  lash,  fickle,   bit,  taffy,  cab,  raft, 
fade,  vague,  gap,  back,  abate,  brief,  beam,  brave,  cap. 


SPEED   STUDY  III 

THIRD   LESSON 

0-hook.  —  The  0-hook  should  be  made  small,  narrow, 
and  deep.  It  should  have  the  proper  slant  also,  and  should 
be  written  so  that  the  start  and  finish  of  the  hook  are  parallel 
with  the  line  of  writing.     Illustration:       ....^ 

Drill  1 


Observe  the  comparative  sizes  of  the  three  characters  of  this 
group  —  0,  r,  I — as  illustrated  in  Drill  2. 

Drill  2 


0-hook  Joined.  —  The  joining  of  the  0-hook  to  other 
characters  is  a  point  in  the  technique  of  writing  that  should 
receive  close  attention.  Observe  carefully  the  combinations 
in  the  following  drill,  after  which  practice  each  until  it  can  be 
written  with  both  facility  and  accuracy.  It  should  be 
remembered  that  the  object  of  these  drills  is  to  secure  accu- 
racy and  speed  in  movement,  and  the  drills  should  be  practiced 
until  the  correct  movement  is  a  matter  of  habit.  The  drill  will 
give  facility  in  joining  the  0-hook  initially  and  finally  to  all 

consonants. 

30 


THIRD   LESSON 
Drill  3 


31 


^ 


r^j^y.//^^/y 


/ 


In  the  majority  of  cases  the  0-hook  joins  naturally  without 
an  angle.  In  joining  the  0-hook  after  k  and  g  the  movement 
is  similar  to  that  in  writing  gr  —  there  should  be  no  stop. 


Drill  4 


^ 


y 


^ 


^  y  ^  ^ 


Key:    oak,   hog,  hot,   awed,    call,   goad,   wrought,   lot,   note,  taught, 
mode,  told,  mock,  rogue,  caught,  coffee,  coach,  cope,  cob,  wrote. 

0-hook  to  Down  Strokes.  —  It  will  be  seen  that  the  0-hook 
joins  without  an  angle  after  the  downward  characters.  The 
following  words  will  furnish  drill  in  executing  this  joining: 


Drill  5 
-'        U. --        ^        ^ f        f. ^         ^ '  4. fi 


32  GREGG   SPEED   STUDIES 

Key:  pole,  bawl,  fawn,   volley,  shawl,  chore,  jolly,  polo,  bore,  Jove, 
bono,  bob,  shore,  shop,  pope,  bowl,  fop,  chopper,  job. 

0-hook  Blend.  —  Between  /,  v,  p,  b  and  a  following  k  or  g, 
the  O-hook  is  indicated  by  rounding  thje  angle,  thus: 

Dnll  6 

Key:  folk,  vogue,  poke,  bog 


0-hook  on  Side.  —  The  following  words  will  furnish  drill  in 
turning  the  0-hook  on  its  side  before  n,  m,  r,  I: 

Drill  7 


d- 


Key:  on,  home,  dawn,  tore,  tall,  tone,  lower,  loan,  roam,  dome,  core, 
goal,  roar,  gore,  door,  noi,  knoll,  mole,  coal,  hall,  brawn,  grown, 
drawn,  drawer,  cone,  toll,  .  oil,  crawl,  trawl. 


SPEED   STUDY  IV 

FOURTH  LESSON 

00-hook.  —  The  observations  made  on  page  30  with  regard 
to  the  formation  of  the  0-hook  apply  with  equal  accuracy  to  the 

00-hook.  Study  the  following  illustration:    ^ „! 

I 

Drill  1 


^        'O        n         t        ^ 


Study  the  comparative  sizes  of  the  three  characters  of  this 
group,  00,  k,  g. 

Drill  2 


00-hook  Joined.  —  The  following  drill  will  furnish  practice 
in  the  joining  of  the  00-hook  initially  and  finally  to  all  con- 
sonants: 

Drill  3 


As  is  the  case  with  the  0-hook,  the  00-hook  joins  naturally 
to  the  majority  of  the  consonants. 

33 


34  GREGG   SPEED  STUDIES 

Before  "R"  or  "L."  —  In  joining  the  00-hook  before  r  or  I,  the 
movement  is  similar  to  that  used  in  writing  kl  —  there  should 
be  no  stop  at  the  joining.     Study  these  examples:    i—        'x—^ 

00-hook  Blend.  —  When  r  or  I  is  followed  by  p  or  h,  the 
hook  is  shown  by  rounding  the  angle,  thus: 


7 


Drill  4 


Key:   rub,  droop,  group,  troop,  drut),  loop. 

The  following  words  and  phrases  will  illustrate  and  furnish 
practice  in  executing  important  types  of  joining: 

Drill  5 


Key:   you-can,  hug,    won,    hum,  hut,  you-would,   whom,  cut,  cook, 
rut,  loom,  took,  tug,  dug,  j^ou-arc,  hull,  luck. 

00-hook  on  Side.  —  Turning  the  00-hook  on  its  side  forms 
an  important  study  in  execution. 

Drill  6 


Key:  noon,  nooL  null,  mud,  muff,  coolie,  gull. 


FOURTH   LESSON  36 

00-hook  to  Down  Strokes.  —  The  00-hook  preceding  or 
following  a  downward  stroke  is  a  frequently  recurring  type  of 
joining. 

Drill  7 


/.  ^  /  y 


Key:   up,  hub,  hoof,  you-have,  hush,  puff,  above,  fudge,  shoe,  chub. 

OO-hook  to  Circles. — When  a  circle  or  loop  follows  a  hook 
it  should  not  interfere  with  the  characteristic  form  of  the  hook. 

Correct  forms:  ^    y  ^      y 

Note  particularly  that  the  circles  or  loops  come  entirely 
outside  the  hook.  If  care  is  not  exercised  the  hooks  may  de- 
generate into  the  following  inartistic  and  awkward  forms: 

Incorrect  forms:     ^     y  y 

Drill  S 


y 


.P-^ 


^ 


y  r  r  f  f  /// 


Key:    wick,  wig,  weary,  weal,  win,  wet,   weed,  wake,  wag,  wary, 
wail,  wane,  wait,  wade,  weep,  web,  waif,  witch,  wedge,  weave,  wave. 


36  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

Hooks  Joined.  —  Observe  how  consecutive  hooks  are  joined. 

Drill  9 


Key:  woe,  woo,  walk,  wall,  wool,  wash,  woof,  wove,  woke,  wolf,  Mo- 
hawk. 

Dash  for  "W."  —  When  the  dash  is  used  to  express  w  within 
a  word,  skill  is  necessary  to  insert  the  dash  with  precision. 

Drill  10 


Key:   quick,  twin,  dwell,  queen,  roadway,  tramway,  doorway,  quill. 

"Wh"  Combination.  —  In  wh  the  dot  for  h  is  invariably- 
made  first. 

DrUl  11 

Key:  whit,  whack,  whim,  wheel,  Whig,  whiff,  wheat,  whip,  whale,  whinny. 

"Ye  "  and  "  Ya  '  Loops.  — The  distinction  in  the  infrequent 
movements  used  in  the  execution  of  the  ye  and  ija  loops,  as 
distinguished  from  joined  circles,  should  be  carefully  analyzed 
and  practiced. 

Drill  12 

Key:  yam,  yak,  year,  yell,  Yale,  yet,  yelp,  yegg. 


SPEED   STUDY  V 
FIFTH  LESSON 

The  Joining  of  "S." — -The  s  sound  is  one  of  the  most 
frequent  in  the  Enghsh  language.  Mastery  of  the  joining  of 
this  character  is  therefore  very  important. 

The  following  drill  is  intended  to  develop  skill  in  making  a 
distinction  in  length  between  s  and  p,  h;  between  s  and/,  v: 

Drill  1 

Joining  "S"  to  Curves.  —  When  s  is  joined  to  a  down- 
ward curve  it  is  important  to  get  "around  the  corner"  quickly; 
uniform  slant  should  be  maintained.  Give  particular  attention 
to  the  joining  of  s  before  r,  I,  and  after  k,  g,  thus: 


<1 


Drill  2 


Joining  "S"  to  Straight  Lines. —  S>  joins  to  straight  lines 
with  a  sharp  angle,  but  there  should  be  no  pause  at  the  joining. 

37 


38  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

Dnll  3 


^  ^        _     __    /.    /^ 


//////////////////////// 

Intervening  Circles.  —  When  a  circle  intervenes,  the  form 
does  not  change. 

Drill  4 


Key:  sick,  sag,  case,  seal,  race,  lease,  scene,  same,  niece,  seat,  said, 
days,  teas,  safe,  face,  sap,  bees,  sieve,  vase,  sash,  switch,  siege, 
chase,  chaise. 

"So"  and  "Us."  —  Facility  in  writing  the  combinations  so 
and  us  and  other  joinings  of  s  to  hooks  can  be  acquired  by 
studying  and  practicing  the  following: 

DriU  5 

^        <i^       (  f         ^        (        J       . y,        /     J        ^ V       { 

C  y,  C  -^  -V  <:i-  ^  -^  < f  ^        ^J— ^ 


-r 


Key:  so,  sorrow,  sop,  sauce,  us,  bus,  fuss,  gust,  choose,  juice, 
laws,  pause,  .soup,  moose,  sober,  suit,  knows,  sown,  sod,  toes,  rows, 
foes,  soak. 


FIFTH   LESSON  39 

The  "Str"  Combination.  —  Sir  is  one  of  the  most  facile  of 
forms  when  properly  written.  It  should  be  executed  without 
a  stop.  It  is  important  to  write  t  very  short  and  with  a 
rather  vertical  hiclination. 

Drill  6 

Key:  stray,  strap,  stretch,  stream,  stroll,  strain,  straw,  stress,  strew. 

"Th"  Joined.  —  Practice  on  the  following  list  of  words  and 
phrases  will  help  to  impress  the  method  of  joining  th.  The 
most  frequently  recurring  joinings  are  shown. 

Drill  7 

Key:  wrath,  Ruth,  loath,  moth,  teeth,  death,  do-the,  there-were, 
thatch,  thief,  thin,  theme,  they-would,  thought,  thud,  path,  bath, 
booth,  both,  faith,  thick. 

Joining  "  X."  —  The  character  for  x  is  wa-itten  with  a  distinct 
downward-forward  movement . 

Compare:         mix  1^  miss  ^■■' 

fix  f/  fees  .P 


40  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

Drill  8 

Key:  coax,  Rex,  lax,  tax,  vex,  fox,  sex,  box,  flax,  wax,  suffix,  affix. 

**Ng"  and  "Ngk."  —  The  following  forms  afford  sufficient 
practice  in  the  execution  of  these  characters: 

Drill  9 

Key:    clang,   clink,  mink,  pink,  sting,  tank,  spring. 

Suffixes  "ing-thing,"  "ings." — -The  suffix  ing  should  be  as 
close  to  the  preceding  stroke  as  possible. 

DHll  10 

^         ^.        c?^  >-,  _^.  ^ ,       y     /,        /,  ^..^ 


A^< 


Key:  doing,  going,  saying,  asking,  anything,  something,  everything, 
shipping,  changing,  risking,  working,  suitings,  doings,  trappings, 
moorings,  sweepings,  hangings,  combings,  innings. 

Suffix    *'ily-ally."  —  The   movement   in   writing   this  suffix 
is  shown  by  the  arrows: 

Compare       pretty     Cf><^  prettily        (S^' 

ready     <^f^  readily      c->>''^*^^ 


SPEED   STUDY  VI 

SIXTH   LESSON 

The  Diphthongs.  — •  Characters  for  the  diphthongs  should  be 
written  without  a  stop.  In  ii,  oiv,  and  oi  it  is  important  to  get  the 
circle  outside  the  hook.     The  hook  must  retain  its  natural  form. 

Drill  1 
tr     ^     ^      ^      ^      ^     ^     ^      ^^df^^^^^ 

^     j>     J'      J'     J'      J'     ^     c/'     d>     cP      <s>     c:p     cP      c^     (^    <s> 

The  diphthongs  w,  ow,  oi  do  not  change  their  forms  when 
joined.  Oiv  is  joined  exactly  in  the  same  way  as  u.  The 
following  drill  illustrates  the  more  frequently  recurring  com- 
binations.    Repeat  the  drill  substituting  ow  for  w. 

Drill  2 

^^         ^— ^  ^^  V ^  ^ ^       -^     /  /      '^ 

The  following  drill  will  give  practice  in  executing  various 

combinations: 

Drill  3 

^^      ^ZP       .-^      -— r^      ^-3^     ^      -^      ■ ^     ^    '^ 

Key:   cue,  cow,  coy,  mouth,  gout,  Roy,  now,  mew,  toy,    youth,    bow, 
boy,  few,  fowl,  void,  joy,  choice,  yule,  owl,  unique. 

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42  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

The  Diphthong  "I."  —  An  important  point  to  be  considered 
in  executing  the  long  i  is  that  it  is  a  circle  and  hence  the 
rules  for  joining  circles  apply  to  it  also. 

Note  particularly  the  joining  of  initial  i  to  the  following: 


r/  / 


In  joining  %  between  characters,  the  character  following  it 
begins  precisely  where  the  %  is  finished.  Practice  the  execu- 
tion until  the  formation  of  i  can  be  made  smoothly.  A  com- 
mon fault  is  that  of  making  a  pause  after  the  indentation. 

Drill  4 

--^      ^      ^     r     -^     '^     —^     ^     C    ^^-^ 
Key:    mine,  tight,  rice,  type,  dice,  fine,  mice,  vice,  buys,  align. 

Omission  of  Indentation  in  Diphthong  "I."  —  The  following 
are  among  the  most  common  examples: 

Drill  5 

— ^       z5       ^         ^-^        ^ 

Key:  my,  might,  quite,  Hfe,  Uvely,  ideal,  idle. 

Concurrent  Vowel  Characters.  —  The  following  drill  will 
serve  to  give  practice  in  forming  these  somewhat  infrequent 
combinations: 

Drill  6 

Key:  riot,  drier,  oleo,  scenario,  aria,  area,  doughy,  radio. 


SPEED  STUDY  VII 

SEVENTH   LESSON 

The  Blended  Consonants.  —  From  the  artistic  viewpoint, 
the  blended  consonants  form  one  of  the  most  attractive  features 
of  the  system.  But  this  is  merely  incidental;  their  great 
practical  value  is  the  unportant  thing. 

The  "Ten-den,"  "Tem-dem"  Blends.  — ^  A  very  simple  illus- 
tration will  enable  the  student  to  learn  with  certainty  the  direc- 
tion each  form  takes.  Smiply  take  note  of  the  primary  characters 
from  which  the  blend  is  developed.  The  length  of  the  curve  is 
determined  in  each  case  by  the  n  or  m,  and  not  by  the  f  or  d. 
Thus,  a  curved  blend  containing  an  n  would  be  short,  while 
if  it  contained  an  m  it  would  be  long  — ■  because  n  is  short  and 
m  is  long. 

Length  and  Slant.  —  The    ten-den  is  the  length  of  p;  the 

tem-dem  the  length   of  b;    the  ent-end  the  length  of  /;    the 

emt-emd  the  length  of  v.     Compare  and  study  the  following, 

noting  particularly  length  and  slant: 

P  B     Ten-den    Tem-dem     F  V     Ent-end  Emt-emd 


Stud}'-  the  comparative  sizes  in  the  following: 
th  r  th  -^ 

ten-den  /^  ent-end        ^ 

tem-dem        ('^^  emt-emd       ^ 

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44 


GREGG  SPEED   STUDIES 


When  ten-den  or  tem-dem  begin  a  word  an  easy,  graceful, 
and  compact  form  is  secured  by  an  outward  curve  at  the  be- 
ginning, thus  : 

Right  way  Wrong  way 

temper         ^^^  temper 


tenancy       ^^^-^^^ 


tenancy     ^^^-'^^ 


"  Def-dev,"  "  Gent-gend." — Therfe/blend  begins  with  d,  hence 
it  is  written  upward;  the  gent-gend  begins  with  the  sound  of  j, 
hence  is  written  downward.  The  first  consonant  in  the  hlend 
determines  direction.  Study  the  following  illustrations,  noting 
particularly  the  size,  formation  and  slant: 


this    n 


def-dev     </  gent-gend  C^ 


The  blends  def-dev-tive  and  gent-gend  are  often  called  egg- 
shaped  characters.  These  blends  should  be  narrow  and  should 
€urve  at  the  beginning  and  at  the  end,  thus: 


V 


.n. 


Practice  the  following  common  words  which  bring  into  use 
the  foregoing  blends: 

Brill  1 


^  ^    O    O  O^  O^  g 


a- 


SEVENTH  LESSON  45 

Key:  latent,  tendency,  timid,  threaten,  brand,  trained,  restive, 
smitten,  attend,  freedom,  soothe,  sudden,  tinsel,  gentle,  genteel, 
motive,  native,  ripened,  happened,  spent,  defeat,  di\'ide,  deficit, 
attentive,  defame. 

The  principal  faults  in  the  execution  of  these  blends  are: 
making  the  curves  too  flat;  failure  to  curve  at  the  beginning  and 
end,  thus  leaving  too  great  a  space  between  the  starting  and 
finishing  points;  improper  slant. 

"  Men-Mem,"  "  Ted-Ded-Det."  —  The  blends  for  meyi-mem, 
ted-ded-det  require  no  special  treatment;  the  principal  thing 
is  to  observe  size. 

t   /  d  -^  ted-ded-det  / 

n     _-  m men-mem  . 


Practice  the  following  words  containing  these  combinations: 

Drill  2 


Key:  memory,  seated,   many,  minute,   demon,   human,   immense, 
waited,  remain,  maintain,  steady,  detach. 

The  "  Ses  "  Blends. — The  ses  blends  are  simply  combinations 
of  the  two  s's.  These  graceful,  "wave-like  "  characters  should 
not  be  given  a  very  deep  curvature.     Compare : 

Right  way:  misses    —f         pieces        jT 

Wrong  way:        misses   — y  pieces       f 


46  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

In  joining  ses  after  a  circle  vowel,  following  or  preceding 
another  consonant,  the  first  of  the  s's  may  be  lost  in  forming 
part  of  the  circle,  thus: 

'Drill  3 
cp     —f=>      ^       ^       c^     <f       V ^      .--^      ^ 

Key:  faces,  masses,  cases,  races,  places,  teases,  leases,  guesses,  defaces. 

When  ses  precedes  or  follows  a  consonant  or  hook-vowel, 
both  ^'s  are  written,  but  with  one  movement.  The  following 
will  show  the  application: 

Drill  4 

A    -^     ^     <-r    -^     -^    -^    —^ 

Key:    fences,  losses,  doses,  loses,  senses,  tosses,  condenses,  romances. 
The  combination  xs  occurs  occasionally.    Observe  the  joining. 

Dnll  5 

Key:  mixes,  boxes,  fixes,  foxes,  taxes,  vexes,  sexes. 

When  ted,  ded,  or  ed  is  indicated' with  a  disjoined  t,  it  should 
be  written  upward  quite  close  to  the  preceding  character. 

Drill  6 

r^"      r2     ^^^^    -^,      o^'    ^^    -^^ 

Key:  demanded,  divided,  talented,  guided,  printed,  fainted,  daunted. 


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BUSINESS   LETTERS 


47 


7 


^ 


The-attention,  printing,  binding,  classes,  help,  beforc-t.he,  notice, 
monthly,  I-have-your-lettcr,  plans,  season's,  I-shall-be-glad,  to-take,  I-\vill- 
pay,  does-not,  appeal,  at-this-time,  birth,  ticket,  attend,  sale,  to-miss, 
we-inclosc,  prices,  cotton,  linen,  suitings,  you-will-need,  shelves. 


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6      « —     ^     . 

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y   ^ 

^      c       /    ^ 

r>.  O 

^_2^^ 

"    V      Q^ 


^ 


^--J?        <^        'i^'' 


^  X        -v'         (73) 


^^  r  ^  ^ 


We-know,  will-please,  shall-we-ship,  these-goods,  cases,  you-will-like, 
ready,  early,  and-\vill-be,  at-that-time,  if-you-wish,  shop,  ink,  paper, 
everj'-day,  you-are-saving,  books,  that-it-is,  tennis,  rackets,  we-could- 
have,  windows,  sell,  write-us,  back,  to-us,  it-must-be,  of-this-month. 


SPEED   STUDY  VIII 
EIGHTH  LESSON 

The  Reversing  Principle.  —  From  the  executional  side,  the  re- 
versing movements  are  quite  similar  to  joinings  ah-eady  treated. 

(a)  In  reversing  the  circle  to  express  r  on  straight  characters, 
the  movement  is  exactly  the  reverse  of  that  ordinarily  employed 
in  joining  a  circle  to  straight  lines. 

Compare  the  following  forms,  observing  closely  the  direction 
the  pen  takes  as  indicated  by  the  arrow,  after  which  practice 
executing  the  movements  until  they  can  be  made  with  facility  : 

To  indicate  r:    ^"^  ^•^■..  ^ 


heart            arm           heard        mere 
Without  r;  '(^;  .ct; —  '<f c 

hat  aim  head         me 

The  principal  joinings  to  straight  strokes  are  illustrated  in 
the  following  drill: 

Drill  1 

y-  y   p^   X    6     I    6     ,^^    -^   ^ 

Key:  heart,  hurt,  heard,  hard,  earn,  harm,  arch,  urge,  harsh,  church, 
tare,  tear,  dear,  dare,  tart,  dart,  chair,  jeer,  share,  harmony,  Marne, 
near. 

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50  GREGG   SPEED  STUDIES 

(b)  In  executing  the  forms  employed  in  this  joining,  the 
reversing  is  done  on  the  straight  characters  {t,  d)  or  their  modi- 
fications {ten-den,  tem-dem,  ent-end,  emt-emd).  Care  should 
be  taken  to  close  the  circle  completely  in  each  case. 

Drill  2 


Key:    cart,  curt,  curtain,  guard,  garden,  mart,  Martin,  skirt,  inert, 
alert,  vineyard,  haggard,  mallard,  safeguard. 

(c)  An  important  distinction  is  made  in  reversing  after  p, 
h,  and  in  reversing  after  other  downward  characters.  After 
■p,  b,  the  reversed  circle  is  always  above  the  next  character; 
in  all  other  joinings  it  is  below  the  next  character.  The  first 
line  of  the  following  illustration  shows  the  method  of  joining 
after  p,  b;  the  second,  after  other  downward  characters: 

burn         barn  pared  barter        Bert 

germ        charm         cliart  farm       churn 

A-     ^      ^      .^-    / 

Drill  3 


EIGHTH  LESSON 


51 


Key:   burden,  Barney,  farmer,  pardon,  journey,  chairman,  Vernon, 
spurt,  spared. 

(d)     The  distinctive  joining  is  also  employed  between  sh, 
ch,  j,  and  I. 

Drill  4 


^f~^       i~7^ 


Key:   Charles,  CharHe,  Shirley,  Charlotte,  charlatan,  churlish. 

The  movement  in  executing  the  reversed  loop  requires  special 
practice. 

Drill  0 


X 


y"   ^ 


s 


y 


Key:   tears,  dears,  tares,  dares,  shares,  jeers,  waters,  mires,  larders. 

(e)  The  joining  of  the  reversed  circle  before  straight  lines 
is  similar  to  the  joining  of  the  reversed  circle  after  p,  h,  as 
illustrated  in  (c). 

Drill  6 


-r 


Key:  surmise,   lizard,    haphazard,   sardonic,   search,    surcharge,    man- 
sard, absurd. 


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BUSINESS    LETTERS 


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9.  a 


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10.  /^    -   x7  -7 


<7      c_iP  ^     -^  <43) 


^  /  r. 


'-/' 


>^ 


-y  (17) 


^ 


'^ 


x-'      /  ^     / 


^     ^     .^^ 


^ 


9    ^ 


<r.-2) 


Please-mail,  chart,  garden,  give-me,  you-wish,  job,  finished,  we-cannot, 
commence,  surprise,  we-sent-you,  trimmed,  fur,  serge,  marten,  trimmings, 
so-that,  you-statc,  styles,  we-are-mailing,  we-believe,  you-need,  we-have- 
never,  finer,  as-you-desire,  card,  as-your-name,  passed,  there-will-be. 


11. '6^  Z^ 


EIGHTH  LESSON 

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53 


With-order,  billiard,  balls,  no-longer.  Thermos,  bottles,  Chester,  of-next- 
month,  we-trust-that-the,  concern,  j^ou- will-find,  in-your,  day-letter,  that- 
will-not,  assist,  very-much,  we-must-have,  if-you-cannot,  thrown,  in-this- 
territory,  there-must-be,  wTite-me,  I-should-know,  merchants,  I-can-say. 


SPEED  STUDY   IX 

NINTH   LESSON 

Methods  of  Learning  Wordsigns.  —  When  we  consider  that 
more  than  half  the  words  used  in  spoken  and  written  language 
are  made  up  of  the  words  we  know  in  shorthand  as  ''wordsigns," 
their  importance  is  emphasized.  Mr.  David  Wolfe  Brown, 
the  famous  Congressional  reporter,  says: 

"It  is  highly  important  that  whatever  the  student  undertakes  to 
memorize  should  be  memorized  thoroughly.  From  half-recollection 
comes  hesitation;  and  from  hesitation  comes  loss  of  speed. 
Especially  in  the  study  of  the  wordsigns,  most  students  undertake 
to  learn  too  many  at  once.  It  cannot  be  too  often  repeated  that  in 
shorthand  whatever  needs  to  be  memorized  at  all  needs  to  be  so 
mastered  that  it  may  come  instantly  to  the  mind  and  fingers  when- 
ever wanted.  " 

As  the  best  method  of  learning  the  wordsigns,  Mr.  Bernard 
De  Bear,  the  well-known  English  reporter  and  teacher,  has 
suggested  the  following: 

"  Take  a  double  sheet  of  foolscap  and  fold  it  over  into  folds  which 
will  give  about  twelve  divisions  in  all.  Copy  from  the  textbook 
neatly  and  carefully  the  signs  you  are  about  to  learn,  one  on  each 
line.  Having  thus  filled  the  first  column,  close  the  book,  and  en- 
deavor at  once  from  memory  to  transcribe  into  longhand  in  column 
two.  The  words  having  only  just  been  copied,  this  should  prove 
no  difficult  task;  but  any  blanks  should  be  filled  in  from  the  key  and 
underlined,  to  denote  that  the  signs  were  not  rememljcred.  This 
done,  fold  under  column  one,  so  as  to  leave  only  the  longhand  words 
in  column  two  visible,  and  transcrilio  those  into  shorthand  in  column 
three,  so  nearly  as  the  memory  will  allow.  Gaps  can  now  be  filled 
in  from  column  one,  which,  however,  should  not  be  resorted  to 
until  the  attempt  has  been  made  to  work  tln-ough  the  entire  list. 

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NINTH  LESSON  55 

Then  retranscribe  the  shorthand  hnes  on  cokimn  four.  And  so  on 
to  the  end  — -  shorthand  into  longhand,  and  vice  versa.  It  may  be 
guaranteed  that  by  the  time  the  twelve  columns  have  all  been  filled 
in  the  manner  indicated,  that  particular  set  of  words  or  phrases  will 
have  been   almost   thoroughly  mastered. " 

A  point  to  be  emphasized  in  learning  the  wordsigns  is  the 
necessity  for  plent}''  of  dictation  and  reading  practice.  Because 
of  the  simpHcity  of  most  of  the  wordsigns,  they  are  apt  to  be 
written  more  hurriedly,  and  consequently  more  carelessly, 
than  other  characters  and  thus  lose  their  identity  in  many 
cases.      The  technique  of  execution  should  be  perfect. 

The  presentation  of  the  wordsigns  in  the  Ninth  Lesson  of 
the  Manual  is  particularly  useful  for  study  both  in  reading  and 
in  writing.  The  "Review  Exercise  on  Wordsigns"  gives  the 
forms  for  all  the  wordsigns  up  to  this  point,  and  the  "key" 
furnishes  the  student  the  means  of  having  someone  dictate  the 
wordsigns  to  him  for  practice  and  comparison.  The  student 
can  make  up  a  list  of  the  additional  wordsigns  in  the  same 
way.  The  two  lists  should  be  written  and  rewritten,  read  and 
reread  until  complete  mastery  is  secured.  The  skill  in  execu- 
tion —  the  habit  of  writing  cjuickly  —  acquired  by  the  repeti- 
tion practice  on  the  simple  wordsigns,  will  increase  the  speed 
in  writing  other  words.  Thus  all  the  work  done  on  a  certain 
type  of  joining  is  cumulative  in  value. 

Words  of  High  Frequency.  —  Someone  has  wisely  para- 
phrased and  adapted  the  old  saying  "take  care  of  the  pennies 
and  the  dollars  will  take  care  of  themselves"  into  "take  care 
of  the  monosyllables  and  the  polysyllables  will  take  care  of 
themselves."  This  is  literally  true,  for  the  monos3dlables 
make  up  a  very  large  proportion  of  all  written  and  spoken 
language.     Mr.  Leonard  B.  Ayres,  in  his  book  "A  Measuring 


56  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

Scale  for  Ability  in  Spelling,"  published  by  the  Russell  Sage 
Foundation,  presents  a  list  of  the  one  thousand  most  frequently 
recurring  words,  from  which  the  following  are  quoted: 

Drill  1 . — The  fifty  most  common  words 

The,  and,  of,  to,  I,  a,  in,  that,  you,  for,  it,  was,  is,  will,  as,  have,  not, 
with,  be,  your,  at,  we,  on,  he,  by,  but,  my,  this,  his,  which,  dear, 
from,  are,  all,  me,  so,  one,  if,  they,  had,  has,  very,  were,  been,  would, 
she,  or,  there,  her,  an. 

^^  -  .  ^  .  ^f^  -^  ^  .  /  X  ^    _  . 

"      ^      ^        J    ^      ^     9       y   ^         C      y^  ^      =^        ^       ^L^    . 

Drill  2. — The  next  fifty  most  common  ivords 
When,  time,  go,  some,  any,  can,  what,  send,  ovit,  them,  him,  more, 
about,  no,  please,  week,  night,  their,  other,  up,  our,  good,  say,  could, 
who,  may,  letter,  make,  write,  thing,  think,  should,  truly,  now, 
its,  two,  take,  thank,  do,  after,  than,  sir,  last,  house,  just,  over, 
then,  work,  day,  here. 


Note:  The  words  "some,"  "night,"  "last,"  "just,"  and  "over"  are 
written  according  to  advanced  principles.  "Truly"  and  "been"  usually 
occur  in  phrases  and  are  then  abbreviated  to  "T"  and  '  B". 


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57 


n  ^ 


<2.-C^    ^     tr 


16. 


.J- 


(63) 


9/^ 


^ 


c^       <^. 


We-regret,  owing,  guides,  files,  delivery,  on-the-date,  in-your-letter,  plan- 
ning, to-send-the,  of-next-montli ,  I-regret,  have-not-yct,  kindly,  cash,  office, 
for-next-year,  we-should-like,  we-have-had,  to-curtail,  later,  publication, 
combs,  we-wish. 


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.^ 


If-you-can,  duplicate,  thirty,  dozen,  mortgage,  on-your,  tenants,  roof, 
leaks,  every-time,  do-so,  if-yoii-will,  leased,  if-you-are-not,  we-shall-have, 
to-ask,  to-take-care,  through,  of-your-city,  Lithia,  water,  we-trust-that, 
iij^onts,  blank,  which-will.  in-making,  please-write-us. 


SPEED   STUDY  X 

TENTH  LESSON 

The  Past  Tense  of  Wordsigns.  —  The   drill   furnishes  an 
opportunity  to  review  the  important  regular  verbs  in  the  hst. 

Drill  1 

2  ^ 


cT?. 


<2_<0       J>-^ 


/  c 


7  ~.  7 


a. 


^.  d  ^  / 


y 


-7, 


-^  y. 


c^. 


^^ 


-^^^  / 


/  f   ^.  ^. 


CS^^ 


Key:  accepted,  accorded,  acknowledged,  acquainted,  advertised, 
allowed,  arranged,  assisted,  avoided,  believed,  billed,  called,  cared, 
carried,  caused,  claimed,  cleared,  collected,  considered,  copied,  cor- 
rected, covered,  credited,  dated,  .  delivered,  desired,  determined, 
devoted,  differed,  drafted,  educated,  endured,  existed,  experienced, 
favored,  followed,  formed,   governed,  handed,   improved,   inclosed, 

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60  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

influenced,  insured,  lighted,  liked,  looked,  marketed,  mortgaged, 
moved,  named,  objected,  obliged,  occasioned,  occupied,  ordered, 
organized,  parted,  pleased,  pointed  — ■  appointed,  published,  purposed, 
questioned,  received,  recorded,  referred,  regarded,  regretted,  remarked, 
remitted,  reported,  represented,  respected,  returned,  satisfied,  sided, 
spirited,  stated,  stocked,  suggested,  thanked,  timed,  trusted,  used, 
valued,  wanted,  wired,  wondered,  worded. 

Joining  the  **t"  for  "ed."  —After  a  few  wordsigns,  where 
the  forms  are  distinctive,  the  joined  stroke  is  used. 


Drill  2 


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Key:    asked,    charged,   effected,   judged,   wished,   worked,   checked, 
directed,  booked. 

An  Exercise  on  "er"  and  "or." — -The  following  drill  gives 
the  most  common  illustrations  of  this  principle: 

Drill  3 


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TENTH  LESSON  61 

Key:  acceptor,  advertiser,  believer,  caller,  carrier,  changer,  claimer, 
clearer,  collector,  corrector,  creditor,  customer,  deliverer,  director, 
educator,  finder,  follower,  friendlier,  fuller,  giver,  governor,  in- 
stanter,  insurer,  keeper,  kinder,  letterer,  lighter,  looker,  mover, 
namer,  objector,  obUger,  organizer,  outer,  pointer,  pubUsher,  ques- 
tioner, referrer,  remarker,  respecter,  sender,  shipper,  sider,  speaker, 
stater,  suggester,  surer,  thinker,  timer,  user,  valuer. 

The  Abbreviating  Principle.  —  By  studying  and  practicing 
the  hst  of  words  written  under  the  abbreviating  principle 
given  on  pages  64,  65,  and  66  of  the  Manual,  the  student  will 
have  at  his  command  a  good  working  vocabulary  of  most  of 
the  most  common  words  that  may  be  written  by  tjjs  principle. 
The  mastery  of  this  will  also  so  firmly  fix  the  principle  in  mind 
that  the  student  will  appty  it  to  other  words  ahnost  auto- 
matically. The  best  method  of  mastering  these  is  to  study 
each  word  carefully  and  practice  the  individual  outhne  until 
it  can  be  written  rapidly.  Practice  reading  the  fornft  given 
on  pages  65  and  66  until  speed  in  reading  is  acquired.  Then 
the  entire  list  should  be  dictated  and  read  back  until  it  can 
be  written  rapidly.  * 

"Dollar"  Standing  Alone.  —  When  standing  alone,  '(lollar" 
is  expressed  by  "d-o."  With  ''k"  beneath,  it  expresses  "dollar 
and  a  quarter  ";  with  ''f,"  "dollar  and  a  half";  with  the  "cents" 
sign  (above  the  Une),  "dollars  and  cents."  a 

Drill  4 


Key:    dollar,  dollar  and  a  quarter,  dollar   and  a  half,  dollars  and 
cents. 


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we-arc-writing,  we-receivcd,  wagon,  therein,  to-send-you,  cheaper,  to-get, 
and-make,  from-them,  books,  balancing,  on-which-date,  for-which,  charged, 
which-you-wish. 


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What-do-you,  about-that,  placed,  with-us,  impossible,  you-mention,  as- 
many,  finance,  season,  of-any,  canceled,  of-next-year,  possibly,  through- 
the,  and-note,  you-make,  in-these-matters,  full,  whenever,  possible,  you- 
can-find,  for-us,  therefore,  assistance. 


SPEED  STUDY  XI 

ELEVENTH  LESSON 

Phrase-Writing  —  Elementary.  —  Phrase-writing  has  been 
well  described  as  an  "art  within  an  art."  There  is  no  doubt 
that  a  great  saving  of  time  and  effort  is  effected  by  judicious 
phrase- writing.  The  purpose  of  joining  words  is  to  eliminate 
the  loss  of  time  occasioned  by  Ufting  the  pen  and  in  passing 
from  one  shorthand  form  to  another.  The  theory  is  that  each 
pen-lift  is  equal  to  a  stroke,  and  therefore  that  every  word 
joined  saves  time  equivalent  to  writing  a  stroke. 

Limitations  of  Phrase-Writing.  —  This  theory,  however,  is 
true  only  where  there  is  no  hesitancy  in  joining  the  words. 
Furthermore,  it  is  not  true  of  very  long  phrases,  because  such 
phrases  destroy  the  rhythm  of  shorthand  writing.  There  is 
no  question  about  this:  that  a  great  saving  of  time  is  effected 
by  joining  the  commonly  occurring  expressions. 

The  Kind  of  Phrases  to  Practice.  —  Phrases  are  of  three 
kinds:  (1)  those  which  have  been  memorized  and  can  be 
written  fluently  without  conscious  attention;  (2)  those  which 
are  devised  from  well-understood  principles,  such  as  "to-be," 
"as-well-as,"  "have-been,"  "you-do-not,"  etc.;  (3)  those 
which  are  improvised  on  the  spur  of  the  moment. 

As  phrase  writing  is  an  art,  it  is  only  by  much  experience  that 
the  student  will  gain  a  knowledge  of  just  what  words  can  be 
joined  with  safety  and  advantage,  but  this  knowledge  will  be 
more  quickly  acquired  through  a  close  study  of  the  examples 
given  in  the  textbook  than  in  any  other  way.     At  first  it  will 

64 


ELEVENTH  LESSON  65 

be  well  to  confine  the  phrasing  to  simple,  common,  everyday 
expressions  consisting  of  not  more  than  five  strokes. 

How  to  Practice  Phrases.  —  Phrases,  hke  wordsigns,  are 
useful  only  if  thoroughly  mastered.  The  phrases  illustrated 
in  the  Eleventh  Lesson  are  among  the  most  conamon  phrases 
of  the  language,  and  the  student  should  devote  sufficient 
practice  to  them  to  be  able  to  execute  them  with  great  rapidity 
and  accuracy.  A  point  to  be  remembered  in  executing  phrases 
is  that  ultimately  a  phrase  is  one  compact  thing.  Think  of  it 
as  one  word  and  it  will  be  executed  in  that  way.  There  should 
be  no  stop  at  the  joinings.  By  thinking  of  each  word  separately 
there  will  be  a  tendency  to  stop  at  the  end  of  each  word,  and 
facihty  in  execution  will  thus  be  lost,  but  it  is  necessaiy  while 
learning  the  long  phrases  to  separate  them  into  smaller  units. 
If  difficulty  is  experienced  in  executing  some  of  the  phrases 
consisting  of  several  strokes,  practice  a  part  of  the  phrase  at 
a  time  until  the  difficulties  of  that  part  have  been  removed. 
Then  add  a  little  more  to  it  and  so  on  until  the  whole  phrase 
can  be  written  without  a  perceptible  stop.  The  following  il- 
lustrations will  make  this  clear: 

you  will  be  sorry  to  learn  I  would  like  to  see 


you  will  not  be  able  I' have  not  been  able 


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Drill  1 

Practice  each  of  the  short  phrases,  such  as  "it-is,"  "of-the," 
"to-be,"  " with-this,"  given  in  the  Eleventh  Lesson  of  the 
Manual  until  it  can  be  executed  accurately  at  a  very  rapid 
speed.  Read  all  the  notes,  repracticing  any  forms  that  are 
not  well  written.  The  elements  of  the  short  phrases  need  not 
be  separated  for  practice  as  they  present  no  very  great  exe- 
cutional  difficulties. 

Drill  2 

The  following  additional  phrases  should  be  practiced  in  sec- 
tions, and  then  in  whole.  The  long  phrases  of  the  Manual 
should  be  included. 

Practice  in  reading  is  just  as  important  as  writing. 


Key:  vve-arc-sorry-to-say,  we-regret-to-say,  I-would-like-to-have, 
I-would-like-to-know,  I-do-not-wish,  we-have-not-been,  I-hope-that, 
we-hope-to-hear,  you-do-not-believe,  for-the-first-time,  several-months- 
ago,  at-this-time,  many-weeks-ago,  you-don't-care,  they-have-been, 
glad-to-know,  to-become,  to-day-or-to-mon-ow,  we-told-him,  we-are- 
in-receipt-of-your-lcttcr,  in-rcfcrcnce-to-this,  the-goods,  I-am-sorry-to- 
learn,  recent-letter,  suggest-that,  in-order-to-be,  several-days-ago, 
in-respect-to-the. 


ELEVENTH  LESSON  67 

Colloquial  Expressions.  —  It  is  often  necessary  to  distinguish 
coiloquial  expressions,  especially  in  writing  testimony,  poetry, 
or  dialogue.  Usually  the  contracted  form  of  "not"  can  be 
represented  by  "nt,"  except,  of  course,  in  the  case  of 
"wasn't"  where  it  is  necessary  to  add  the  apostrophe.  In 
other  contractions,  the  apostrophe  is  used. 

Drill  3 


Key:    couldn't,  didn't,  doesn't,  haven't,  hasn't,  shouldn't,  wouldn't, 
I'm,  I'll,  we'll,  you'll,  they're,  it'll. 

Phrase  Vocabulary.  —  It  will  be  well  for  the  student  to 
make  up  a  list  of  all  the  common  phrases  to  be  found  in  the 
first  ten  lessons  and  add  these  to  those  given  in  the  Eleventh 
Lesson.  These  should  be  used  for  practice  in  both  reading 
and  writing.  By  adding  these  phrases  to  the  writing  vocabu- 
lary a  decided  increase  in  speed  will  be  noticed.  Constant 
review  of  the  phrases  is  necessary  until  they  are  written  auto- 
matically. Dictation  and  reading  of  the  notes  arc  absolutely 
essential  to  a  successful  handling  of  the  phrasing  problem. 


For-which,  we-are-sending-you,  receipted,  we-thank-you-for-the,  cour- 
teous, to-our-letter,  your-recent-letter,  I-am-glad,  that-the-order,  designs, 
remainder,  we-hope-that,  entirely-satisfactory,  absence,  we-shall-draw, 
on-that-date,  if-this-is-not,  I-send-you,  for-collection,  against. 


ELEVENTH  LESSON 


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not-received,  Dear-Mr.,  Phelps,  we-are-iu-reoeipt-of-your-lctter,  immediate- 
attention,  we-are-sorry-to-say,  pamphlets,  you-may-havc,  to-wait,  week-or- 
two,  indeed,  decree,  Robert,  Wallace,  which-may-be,  asked. 


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Looked,  the-order,  Albert,  we-find,  of-nails,  hammers,  called,  should- 
have,  reached,  before-this,  we-are-having,  suggest,  freight,  original, 
promptly,  Grant,  quality,  certainly,  customers,  we-sent,  pairs,  firm, 
Clinton,   afternoon,  wired. 


SPEED   STUDY  XII 

TWELFTH    LESSON 

Rounding  Angles.  —  The  nmnerous  examples  of  angle  join- 
ings illustrated  in  the  Twelfth  Lesson  of  the  Manual  furnish 
an  opportune  time  to  introduce  a  principle  in  writing  that  has 
a  vital  influence  on  speed  —  the  rounding  of  angles.  The 
predominance  of  curves  is  fundamental  in  the  system.  It  is 
this  feature  that  gives  to  the  writing  its  fluent  and  graceful 
appearance  and  adds  tremendously  to  its  speed  possil)ilities. 
But  angles  do  occur  of  necessity.  In  addition  to  furnishing  a 
balancing  point  in  the  outline,  they  contribute  greatly  to  the 
legibility  of  forms,  if  rightly  handled.  An  angle,  however, 
does  not  necessarily  mean  an  abrupt  stop,  but,  rather,  a  change 
in  direction.  Early  in  his  practice  the  writer  should  form  the 
habit  of  getting  around  the  corners  rapidly.  A  study  of  a 
page  of  notes  of  an  expert  writer  will  show  that  this  idea  has 
been  developed  to  a  remarkable  degree.  The  Gregg  Writer 
in  a  recent  number,  when  commenting  on  the  notes  of  a  stenogra- 
pher who  complained  that  he  found  it  "impossible  to  get 
speed,"  said: 

"  The  notes  showed  wonderful  exactness  of  form,  ])ut  the  angles  were  so 
positive  that  it  was  evident  that  an  absolute  pause  had  taken  place  after 
each  of  them.  Precision  is  a  good  thing,  especially  when  learning  the 
principles,  but  it  can  be  carried  too  far  in  the  case  of  rapid  note-taking  and 
thus  prove  a  detriment  to  the  acquirement  of  high  speed.  When  the 
writer  of  shorthand  has  attained  sufficient  command  over  his  hand  to  make 
the  outlines  rapidly  and  yet  retain  proportion  of  form,  he  should  aim  to 

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72  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

acquire  skill  in  turning  the  corners,  so  to  speak  —  in  other  words,  round 
off  the  angles.  This  is  a  point  worthy  of  thought,  experiment,  and  practice 
on  the  part  of  the  writer  who  aims  at  becoming  an  expert. " 

Study  the  following  examples  illustrating  the  principle: 

Drill  1 
2. —  — Y  Zy'        ■ — -,  L  -y         <^ 

Key:   from,  important,  found,  much,  been,  refer,  rapid. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  outlines  preserve  the  distinctive  forms 
and  yet  it  is  evident  that  no  perceptible  stop  was  made  at  the 
angle.  To  get  around  the  angles  in  this  rapid  way  requires  a 
clear  mental  picture  of  the  entire  form,  and  a  certain  knack  to 
execute  the  movement  smoothly.  It  is  easy  to  acquire  this 
knack,  and  it  is  a  very  important  factor  in  acquiring  speed. 
The  sharpness  of  the  angle  is  simply  avoided  and  the  form 
executed  without  a  stop,  much  as  it  is  eliminated  in  such 
words  as  "friend"  and  "keep."  The  idea  is  not  to  make  an 
effort  to  round  the  angle,  l)ut  to  eliminate  the  sharp  point. 
The  proportion  and  distinctive  forms  of  the  strokes  must, 
however,  be  carefully  preserved. 

Dnll  2 
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Key:  stop,  month,  subject,  badly,  invent,  refund,  emphasis,  manage, 
manufacturer,  event,  business,  punched,  public,  speed,  baggage,  some, 
must. 


TWELFTH   LESSON  73 

The  principle  can  be  applied  to  phrasing  also  with  ad- 
vantage — ■  and  particularly  to  such  blended  phrases  as  the 
first  five  following: 

Drill  3 


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Kexj:  would-have-been,  would-have-been-able,  could-have-been, 
might-have,  which-would-have-been,  I-would-be,  in-which,  from- 
which,  to-find,  to-favor,  what-has-been,  which-may-be,  will-not-be, 
cannot-be,  I-shall-not,  we-have-not-been. 

Drill  \ 

The  Reading  and  Writing  Exercises  on  page  87  of  the  Manual 
will  afford  an  excellent  drill  in  appljdng  the  principle  of  round- 
ing angles.  Copy  each  exercise  several  times  until  the  forms 
are  well  memorized.  Then  have  the  whole  dictated  until  it 
can  be  written  swiftly  without  stops. 


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tations, please-note,  f.o.b.,  previously,  quoted,  manager,  foundry,  tells, 
merchandise,  factory,  upon-recoipt,  distance,  reverse,  charges,  plot. 


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if-possible,  in-spite,  it-is-not,  of-next-week,  large-number,  standard,  suffi- 
cient, quantities,  we-hopc-that-this,  inconvenience,  in-order-that,  to-check, 
records,  indicate,  if-there-is,  correction. 


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You-think,  might-be,  to-some,  otherwise,  clip,  it-would-be,  to-encour- 
age,  employees,  especially,  among-those,  hundreds,  suggestions,  rpagazines, 
snowflakos,  any-one,  persons,  observations,  virtually,  benefit,  discovered, 
points,  adapt,  to-my,  I-f'ound,  I-wanted,  clipping. 


SPEED  STUDY  XIII 

THIRTEENTH    LESSON 

Building  Up  a  Working  Vocabulary.  —  It  will  be  well  for 
the  student  to  take  four  or  five  words  illustrating  each  principle 
—  selecting  the  most  frequently  recurring  words  — •  and  prac- 
tice these  until  skill  in  using  the  suffixes  has  been  acquired. 
Each  group  of  words  thus  mastered  will  form  a  nucleus  for 
all  words  of  the  same  class.  This  practice  should  be  followed 
through  the  remaining  lessons  of  the  Manual. 

Size  of  Shorthand  Characters.  —  Nothing  perhaps  adds 
so  much  to  speed  and  ease  of  execution  as  a  size  of  notes  that 
is  adapted  to  the  individual.  In  shorthand  as  much  depends 
upon  manual  skill  as  upon  mental  activit}^,  and  the  highest 
achievement  depends  upon  a  harmonious,  rhythmical  co- 
operation of  the  two. 

It  is  obvious  that  all  persons  cannot  write  notes  of  uniform 
size.  It  would  be  as  reasonable  to  set  a  measure  for  a  stride 
in  walking  or  running.  The  characteristics  of  the  individual 
must  therefore  be  taken  into  account.  But  while  the  size  may 
varj^  with  the  individual,  the  proportion  of  one  character  to 
another  should  always  be  maintained.  In  no  other  way  can 
accuracy  be  acquired. 

In  determining  the  size  of  notes  there  is  one  bit  of  advice 
that  cannot  lead  yovi  astray  —  don't  write  large,  sprawling 
notes.  Other  things  being  equal,  a  small  note  is  better  than 
a  large  one,  for  the  reason  that  the  greater  the  distance  the 


78  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

hand  travels,  the  more  rapid  must  be  its  speed.  If  the  hand 
is  moving  rapidly,  control  of  it  is  not  so  easily  maintained  as 
when  writing  at  a  slower  speed,  and  in  consequence  the  notes 
will  lose  in  symmetry.  At  the  beginning  of  the  study,  make 
the  characters  small  and  accurate;  they  will  very  likely  in- 
crease somewhat  in  size  when  you  begin  to  take  dictation. 
If  you  have  had  considerable  training  in  penmanship,  the 
notes  should  be  in  keeping  with  the  size  of  your  longhand 
letters.  Avoid  a  cramped  style  as  much  as  you  would  a  large 
one.  ]\Iake  a  close  study  of  your  notes  and  adopt  a  size  that, 
is  adapted  to  your  hand,  but  if  there  is  any  doubt  in  your  mind 
select  the  smallest  possible  size  ijou  can  execute  with  freedom  of 
movement. 

The  Studies  in  the  earlier  lessons  provide  much  valuable  ma- 
terial for  practice,  and  the  student  should  aim  to  incorporate 
the  characteristics  of  the  examples  in  his  writing.  He  will 
soon  find  that  he  is  acquiring  a  grace  of  motion  in  writing  and 
a  comfortable  feeling  of  being  unhampered  by  mechanical  diffi- 
culties that  is  as  gratifying  to  the  mind  as  it  is  conducive  to 
speed  in  writing. 

Value  of  Compactness.  —  Writing  on  this  subject,  the 
accomplished  shorthand  reporter,  H.  W.  Thorne,  said: 

"  Acquire  the  habit  of  \VTiting  neatly  and  compactly.  This  conduces 
to  speed.     Large,  sprawling  outlines  have  the  opposite  tendency. 

The  argument  that  small  characters  produce  a  cramped  action  of  the 
hand,  and,  hence  result  in  loss  of  speed,  while  a  large,  free,   swinging, 
style  carries  the  writer  forward  with  "leaps  and  bounds,"  thereby  enhan 
cing  speed,  was  effectually  controverted  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago.  " 

The  illustration  following  is  intended  to  show  the  difference 
between  small,  compact  notes  and  large,  widely  spaced  writing: 


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Small,  Compact  Notes.  —  Correct  Style 

The  dotted  lines  show  the  direct  hue  of  travel  from  one  out- 
line to  another. 


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t.....-^....-^ 


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Large,  Sprawling  Notes. — -Incorrect  Style 

The  dotted  lines,  indicating  the  trail  of  the  pen,  show  how 
little  attention  was  paid  to  economy  in  movement  by  spacing 
the  outhnes  far  apart,  by  waste  motion  between  outlines,  and 
by  not  considering  the  point  at  which  the  next  outline  begins. 


^'>.-. 


Ayyy. 


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%^::'^^-:i: 


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The  elimination  of  unrecorded  movements  —  as  indicated 
l>y  dotted  lines  in  the  foregoing  —  should  receive  the  very 
earnest  attention  of  students. 


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To-inform-you,  I-have-takon,  within-a-few-days,  Independent,  Soda, 
Fountain-Company,  urging,  at-our-office,  and-inake-thc,  arrangements, 
confirmation,  1800  bushels.  White,  bought,  premium,  sold,  we-thank-you- 
for,  we-have-not-heard,  in-response,  to-our-lettcrs,  anyone-else,  can-make. 


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Will-you-plcase,  inforni-us,  within,  mentioned,  first-of-the-month,  we-are- 
unahle,  that-it-was,  addressed,  duplicating,  Graham,  will-you-pleasc-see, 
as-soon-as-you-can,  Raymond,  has-not-l)ccn,  for-thc-past,  to-discontinue, 
he-should-be,  ten-days-ago,  you-asked,  to-assist,  charter,  I-sent-you. 


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Since-then,  what-is-the,  -^      in-fact,  you-have-done,  excellent,  en- 

gravers, we-will-mail,  if-you-have-not,  some-day,  in-a-day-or-two,  at-any- 
rate,  I-shou1d-like-to-have,  final,  decision,  to-match,  if-you-decide,  we- 
will-makc,  liberal,  allowance,  guarantee. 


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Foreign,  acts,  that,  alert,  infinite,  precautions,  baffle,  blotting,  quite, 
jealously,  holding,  in-front,  mirror,  commercial,  forgotten,  existence,  Brit- 
ish, sand,  shaker,  specially,  expedient,  absorbent,  roller,  this-was,  tried, 
up-and-down,  once-or-twice,  cleverest,  attempt,  to-decipher. 


SPEED  STUDY  XIV 

FOURTEENTH    LESSON 

The  Technique  of  Writing.  —  A  point  to  be  observed  in 
writing  such  words  as  "contribute,"  "intervene,"  "intelli- 
gence," etc.,  is  to  start  far  enough  above  the  line  of  writing  to 
give  the  full-length  stroke  its  proper  length.  For  example,  the 
base  of  b,  v,  and  j  in  the  foregoing  words  should  rest  on  the 
hne  of  writing.  Observe  the  following  examples  (the  dotted 
line  represents  the  line  of  writing) : 


2...L..C...7. 


Key:     contribute,     intervene,     intelligence,     contraband,     interrupt, 
contract,  extract. 

Learn  to  pass  directly  from  the  prefix  to  the  rest  of  the 
word  without  any  "pen  motions  in  the  air"  or  stops.  Place 
the  prefix  so  you  will  have  the  shortest  possible  distance  to 
travel  in  starting  the  remaining  part  of  the  outline. 

A  little  special  attention  should  be  given  to  the  formation 
of  the  prefixes  "agri,"  "anti,"  and  "incli."  The  loop  should 
be  made  perfectly  distinct  and  the  sizes  of  circles  made  posi- 
tive.    Study  the  following: 

Key:    aggravation,  antipathy,  include. 

Do  not  neglect  the  practice  on  the  compound  prefixes. 

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The  Value  of  Reading  Ability.  —  The  ability  to  read  one's 
notes  is  of  even  greater  importance  than  the  ability  to  write. 
That  this  is  a  well-recognized  fact  is  attested  by  the  number 
of  articles  that  have  been  written  on  the  subject.  One  of  the 
best  teachers  of  shorthand  has  this  to  say: 

A  great  amount  of  wTiting  from  dictation  every  day  and  continuously 
with  no  further  thought  but  to  write,  and  write  rapidly,  is  often  mistaken 
for  general  improvement.  I  believe  students  in  general  would  rather 
perform  this  one  small  task  than  any  other,  and  the  task  which  seems  the 
most  difficult  to  perform,  in  the  proper  manner,  is  for  the  student  to  sit 
down  quietly,  and  alone,  and  read  over  a  long  article  which  has  just  been 
written.  Few  students  there  are  who  have  the  grit  to  do  it.  The  common 
way  is  for  half  a  dozen  or  more  to  join  forces  and  together  hash  over  the 
pages,  first  one  suggesting  a  word,  and  then  another.  This  is  a  great 
mistake,  and  the  more  the  student  indulges  in  it  the  more  certain  he  may 
be  that  he  will  fail  to  read  his  notes  alone  when  he  accepts  a  position." 

Another  teacher  and  writer  says: 

"if  teachers  would  compel  learners  to  read  clear,  accurately  wTitten 
or  printed  shorthand  as  they  progress  with  the  study  of  the  textbook,  and 
continue  the  practice  during  the  entire  shorthand  course,  there  would  be 
a  marked  increase  in  speed  and  a  wonderful  facility  in  the  transcription 
of  notes.  It  is  important  that  students  should  be  able  to  read  their  wTit- 
ing  fluently,  but  if  they  are  confined  to  the  practice  exclusively  they  will 
develop  personal  peculiarities  that  will  lead  them  away  from  the  clear, 
facile  standard  outlines  of  printed  shorthand  that  will  eventually  render 
their  wi'iting  difficult  to  be  read  by  others,  if  not  wholly  illegible.  .  .  . 
When  this  plan  is  more  generally  adopted  we  will  hear  less  of  'sticking 
places'  and  more  of  those  who  are  making  steady  progress  from  the  day 
of  em-ollment  to  the  day  of  graduation." 

Fred  H.  Gurtler,  the  well-known  shorthand  reporter  of 
Chicago,  says:  "Nothing  contributes  more  readily  to  a  good 
shorthand  vocabulary  than  the  reading  of  well-written  short- 
hand." 


86  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

The  practice  should  be  of  two  kinds:  First,  the  reading  of 
well-written  shorthand  that  approaches  as  closely  as  possible 
to  absolute  accuracy.  This  is  for  the  purpose  of  creating 
correct  ideals.  Such  writing  may  be  found  in  the  outlines, 
phrases,  and  continuous  passages  of  the  textbook,  and  the 
exercises  in  this  book  —  as  well  as  the  plates  in  the  Gregg 
Writer.  All  of  these  are  actually  written  notes  —  models 
which  the  student  should  aim  to  imitate. 

Second,  your  own  notes  taken  from  dictation.  The  latter 
is  by  far  the  most  important  for  the  reason  that  no  matter 
how  expert  you  become  in  writing,  your  notes  will  vary  to  some 
extent  from  the  ideal  forms.  These  differences  can  be  learned 
only  by  analyzing  and  reading  your  own  notes.  Reading 
carefully  written  shorthand  will  not  aid  you  in  this.  This 
work  should  be  supplemented  by  reading  the  notes  of  your 
teacher  and  fellow  students. 

Correcting  While  Reading.  —  The  time  to  correct  your 
shorthand,  and  to  add  to  your  shorthand  vocabulary  the  forms 
that  have  given  you  trouble  in  writing,  is  token  you  read.  In 
reading,  encircle  every  outline  that  has  caused  you  the  slightest 
hesitation  and  devote  some  special  practice  to  executing  it 
until  the  movement  has  been  mastered.  Rupert  P.  SoRelle, 
in  his  book  "Expert  Shorthand  Speed  Course,"  emphasizes 
this  point.     He  says: 

"Every  outline  that  varies  from  the  correct  form  or  causes  hesitation 
in  reading  should  be  the  subject  of  special  practice.  In  this  way  trouble- 
some outhnes  will  gradually  disappear,  and  all  the  frequently  recurring 
words  will  soon  become  so  familiar  that  they  can  be  written  rapidly  and 
with  precision." 


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BUSINESS    LETTERS 


87 


7/0/ 


I-have-sent-you,  Metropolitan,  by-express,  as-soon-as-thcse,  lowest,  pat- 
terns, some-time-ago,  any-of-these,  are-now,  out-of-stock,  if-you-have, 
on-the-subject,  would-like-to-know,  furnish-us,  George,  in-this-case,  noti- 
fied, Thomas,  Hughes,  hospital,  district,  provisions. 


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struction, located,  electric-power,  you-will-be-glad,  this-information,  Day- 
ton, material,  booklet,  about-them,  we-hope-to-be-ablc. 


FOURTEENTH  LESSON 


Members,  advanced,  kindly-inform-us,  in-connection-with-the,  kindly- 
give-me,  if-you-will-write,  about-its,  we-shall-not-bc-ablo,  for-the-roason, 
from-us,  excessive,  you-are-now,  imdout)tedly,  to-purchase,  additional, 
within-the,  two-or-three-months,  which-you-have,  in-our-files. 


90 


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THE   OBJECT  OF  LITERARY  CULTURE 


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Literary,  cultiire,  at-the-present-time,  counteract,  dominant,  tendencies, 

pursuits,  evil,  habits,  ardent,  preserve,  devote,  as-mucli-time,  performance, 

investigation,  gifts,   wealth,  can-never,  opulence,  human-being,  confined, 

promoted,  adherence,  generous,  purest,  rectitude. 


SPEED   STUDY  XV 
FIFTEENTH   LESSON 

The  Law  of  Rhythm  in  Shorthand  Writing 
By  John  Robert  Gregg  in  the  Gregg  Writer 

In  the  course  of  an  informal  talk  to  a  "speed  class"  some 
time  ago,  we  were  asked  by  the  teacher  to  express  our  views 
about  the  value  of  phrase-writing.  The  teacher  seemed  to  be 
surprised,  and  perhaps  disappointed,  at  the  tenor  of  our  re- 
marks. We  afterwards  learned  that  he  had  devoted  a  great 
deal  of  time  to  the  study  of  phrasing  and  had  constantly  im- 
pressed upon  his  students  that  a  mastery  of  phrase-writing  was 
the  open  sesame  to  verbatim  reporting  speed.  There  was  a 
time  when  we  held  that  view  —  before  we  had  an  understand- 
ing of  what  we  might  term  the  law  of  rhythm  in  shorthand 
writing.  Before  discussing  that  law,  we  wish  to  repeat  the 
substance  of  what  we  said  to  the  class: 

1.  That  simple,  natural  phrasing  is  of  immense  value  in  the 
attainment  of  a  high  degree  of  stenographic  skill. 

2.  Tliat  involved  phrases,  that  is,  phrases  requiring  much 
mental  effort  to  recall,  or  much  continuous  manual  effort  to 
execute,  are  a  hindrance  instead  of  a  help. 

3.  That  under  stress  of  rapid  writing  the  reporter  generally 
reverts  to  simple,  natural  forms,  even  if  they  are  somewhat 
lengthy. 

In  support  of  our  theories,  we  stated  that  an  examhiation 
of  the  actual  notes  of  skilled  reporters  of  all  systems  —  and 

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92  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

this  includes  those  who  have  distinguished  themselves  in  the 
various  speed  contests  —  will  show  that  when  writing  under 
pressure,  or  where  the  work  is  long  sustained,  they  seldom  use 
any  but  the  simple  and  natural  phrases.  There  are  several 
reasons  for  this: 

Long  phrases  impose  on  the  reporter  such  a  degree  of  con- 
centration of  mind  and  of  precision  in  writing  that  they  become 
irksome  in  a  long  siege  of  note-taking.  It  is  true  that  there 
are  exceptions  to  this  in  the  case  of  some  young  reporters  who 
take  a  pecuUar  delight  in  phrase-writing,  and  who  have  made 
that  phase  of  shorthand  writing  a  special  hobby. 

Another  reason  is  that  there  is  a  law  of  rhythm  in  shorthand 
writing.  Every  writer  of  shorthand,  for  instance,  spaces 
between  forms  wnth  almost  mechanical  uniformity.  The 
spacing  may  be  close  or  wide  according  to  the  habit  of  the 
writer,  but  it  will  be  uniform  in  width,  and  retain  that  uni- 
formity even  under  extreme  pressure. 

In  a  similar  way,  the  hand  and  mind  become  accustomed  to 
making  just  about  so  many  motions  or  efforts  at  a  time,  and 
when  the  writing  goes  much  beyond  the  average,  as  in  the  case 
of  a  very  long  phrase,  the  rhytlim  is  destroyed.  When  this 
happens  a  certain  amount  of  time  is  lost  before  the  momentum 
or  fluency  of  motion  is  recovered.  It  is  well  to  have  this  point 
fully  understood,  as  it  will  explain  why  diligent  practice  on 
some  fascinating  phrase-forms  does  not  seem  to  produce  the 
expected  result  in  the  way  of  increased  skill  in  writing. 

Here  is  a  shorthand  illustration  that  may  liclp  to  make  this 
clear: 


Key:    Thanking  you  for  your  kind  attention  to  this  matter,  and 
hoping  to  hear  from  you  at  an  early  date,  I  remain  Yours  very  truly. 


FIFTEENTH  LESSON  93 

This  phrase-form  contains  twenty-four  words,  and  it  is  a 
common  enough  expression.  Even  with  the  ordinary  varia- 
tions of  it  —  such  as  the  omission  of  "  kind,"  or  the  substitution 
of  "again"  for  "at  an  early  date"  —  the  words  can  all  be 
joined  without  any  trouble.  It  is,  too,  a  fluent,  easy-running 
combination,  as  it  is  all  along  the  line. 

And  3^et  it  is  not  a  good,  practical  phrase-form.  Whj^? 
Simply  because  there  are  so  many  continuous  movements  in 
executing  it  that  the  hand  is  hable  to  get  "blind  staggers" 
while  writing  it,  especially  under  the  pressure  of  actual  work. 
This  will  be  readily  understood,  but  it  is  not  so  generally  under- 
stood that  the  introduction  of  a  phrase-form  requiring  sustained 
effort  is  followed  by  hesitancy  or  loss  of  momentum.  The 
natural  rhythm  is  broken,  and  the  hand  has  to  adjust  itself  to 
the  usual  average  of  effort.  Let  us  spUt  the  foregoing  phrase- 
form  into  what  may  be  considered  its  natural  divisions,  and 
see  the  result: 

■ /^    ^^r^^      ^-^z — ^       -^^      e-j,         y^        o. — -^ 

Key.  Thanking  you  for  —  kind  attention  —  this  matter  —  and 
hoping  —  hear  from  you  —  at  an  early  date  —  I  remain  Yours  very 
truly. 

Here  you  find  that  the  balance  or  rhythm  is  preserved. 
There  are  a  few  easy  movements  (none  of  them  over  four  pen 
motions),  then  a  lift  of  the  pen,  and  a  fresh  start.  That  is 
what  we  mean  by  rhj^thm  in  writing. 

This  illustration  may  possi))ly  aid  in  conveying  the  idea  we 
have  in  mind.  We  confess  that  we  find  it  difficult  to  express 
it  so  that  it  will  not  be  regarded  as  a  condemnation  of  phrasing. 
We  most  emphatically  believe  in  the  value  of  phrase-writing 


94  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

of  the  right  kind;  but  many  writers  waste  a  great  deal  of  time 
and  effort  in  the  concoction  of  long  phrase-forms  that  are  an 
actual  hindrance  to  the  attainment  of  speed.  If  the  time  and 
effort  so  spent  had  been  devoted  to  more  intense  'practice  on 
the  simple,  natural  phrase-forms,  their  progress  would  have 
been  much  greater. 

Nothing  is  gained,  then,  by  striving  after  long  and  involved 
phrases,  but  a  great  deal  is  gained  by  persistent  drill  on  the 
common,  everj^day  phrases  that  occur  in  all  kinds  of  matter. 
The  trouble  is  that  students,  and  even  advanced  writers,  do 
not  realize  the  necessity  for  practice  on  phrase-forms  with 
which  they  are  thoroughly  familiar,  "Familiarity  breeds 
contempt,"  as  it  were.  It  is  only  when  they  see  the  wonderful 
celerity  with  which  these  phrases  are  written  by  the  highly 
skilled  writer  that  they  are  induced  to  give  them  the  attention 
they  deserve.  The  greatest  reporters  and  the  most  expert 
writers,  as  a  rule,  have  acquired  an  admirable  command  over 
all  common  phrases  and  wordforms,  but  they  have  not  used 
the  ingeniously  brief  contractions  which  have  such  a  fascination 
for  the  amateur  writer.  Under  pressure,  the  mind  and  hand 
revert  to  those  forms  which  require  very  little  effort  to  recall 
and  which  can  be  written  with  little  regard  to  exactitude. 

There  are  three  definite  steps  to  l^e  taken  in  the  acquirement 
of  speed  in  shorthand:  First,  mastery  of  the  alphabetic  com- 
binations; second,  mastery  of  the  simple  words  that  consti- 
tute more  than  fifty  per  cent  of  all  ordinary  matter;  third, 
mastery  of  the  common  phrases. 

And  by  mastery  we  mean  the  ability  to  write  combinations, 
common  words,  and  common  phrases  with  great  rapidity  while 
preserving  proportion  or  accuracy  of  form.  This  ability  can 
be  attained  only  by  much  systematic,  concentrated  practice. 


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Overlooked,  to-meet,  welcome,  item,  drawn,  First-National- Bank,  of-this- 
city,  transit,  wc-wrote-you,  to-furnish-us,  issuance,  this-dclay,  annoying, 
with-thanks,  comply,  we-take,  similar,  continually,  to-confine,  newspapers, 
of-large,  circulation,  include,  Postal,  Motor,  Service,  operating,  trucks. 


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Day-and-night,  transportation,  of-mail,  anticipates,  that-there-may-be, 
occasional,  breakdown,  mechanics,  apphances,  misunderstandings,  which- 
could-havc-been,  bank,  hear-from-you,  I-thank-you-for,  I-understand,  Cam- 
den, I-shall-be-able,  I-shall-send. 


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tinued, Edwin,  McKenzie,  twelve-per-cent,  as-you-will-note,  which-we-in- 
close,  he-cannot-understand,  excessive,  do-anything,  customer,  for-many- 
years,  and-it-is. 


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MODERN   BANKS 


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Banks,  absolute,  transaction,  borrowing,  transferring,  from-place-to- 
place,  provide,  accuracy,  dispatch,  benches,  market-place,  prevails,  oriental, 
insolvent,  broken,  bankrupt,  formerly,  exclusively,  corporations,  wealthy, 
busine.is-men,  patrons,  moderate,  circumstances,  convenient,  courtesies. 


SPEED  STUDY  XVI 

SIXTEENTH  LESSON 

'*Less"  and  "Ness."  —  These  suffixes  are  written  in  full 
after  a  vowel,  or  where  the  use  of  the  suffix-form  would  suggest 
a  different  word : 

Drill  1 


Key:   formless,  tireless,  rayless,  grayness,  correctness. 

If  written  with  the  suffix,  the  forms  for  these  words  might 
suggest  formal,  tile,  rail,  grain,  crown. 

It  is  sometimes  necessary  to  disjoin  the  suffix  after  word- 
signs  in  order  to  secure  distinctive  outhnes: 

Drill  2 


Key:    clearness,  likeness,  lightness,  nearness,  regardless,  speechless. 

Review  Practice.  —  Speed  in  shorthand  is  simply  familiarity 
with  the  shorthand  characters,  and  fast  writing  is  not  remark- 
able if  shorthand  is  learned  as  Avell  as  longhand.  The  stu- 
dent of  shorthand  should  be  careful  to  learn  the  shorthand 
principles  thoroughly.  He  can  observe  the  thoroughness  of 
his  knowledge  of  the  principles  when  he  writes  from  dictation. 
He  should  not  allow  any  error  to  go  uncorrected  when  reading 
his  notes. 

99 


100  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

In  reviewing  his  notes  he  should  see  that  the  characters  are 
well  formed,  and  that  they  are  of  proper  relative  length.  A 
short  exercise  should  be  written  from  dictation  at  a  rate  which 
will  not  crowd  or  hurry  the  writer,  and  which  will  allow  him 
to  make  good  notes.  The  student  should  then  read  the  notes, 
correcting  the  mistakes  in  execution  or  application  of  the 
principle.  He  should  write  the  exercise  over  and  over  again, 
until  he  can  write  it  at  a  high  rate  of  speed. 

If  the  student  cannot  think  of  the  outline  given  by  the 
author  of  his  system,  or  the  one  that  is  in  his  textbook,  let  him 
understand  the  principles  so  well  that  he  can  immediately 
construct  the  outline  according  to  principle. 

The  student,  in  reading  his  notes,  should  seldom  ask  for 
assistance  when  puzzled,  and  the  reader  should  not  help  him 
out  too  soon.  — •  Thomas  P.  Wilson. 

Off-Hand  Word-Writing.  —  As  a  means  of  averting  sluggish 
habits  of  mind  and  hand,  and  a  most  important  discipline  in 
other  respects,  nothing  can*  be  more  beneficial  to  the  student 
than  to  write  off-hand,  from  dictation,  words  upon  which  he 
has  had  no  previous  practice  but  which  can  be  correctly 
written  in  accordance  with  the  principles  he  is  learning  or  is 
supposed  to  have  mastered.  These  exercises  cannot  be  too 
copious,  if  the  words  be  properly  chosen.  —  David  Wolfe  Brown, 

Drill   and  Review  on  Off-Hand  Word-Writing 

The  following  words  are  intended  as  a  review  of  principles 
and  to  afford  practice  in  off-hand  word-writing.  They  should 
first  be  dictated,  then  compared  with  the  shorthand  outlines, 
corrections  made  and  re-dictated: 


SIXTEENTH  LESSON 


101 


10 


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Key:  (1)  electric,  fashioned,  coal,  perquisite,  art,  uneasy,  magnificent,  in- 
tellect, retributive,  slowness,  (2)  curtain,  leisure,  abstract,  self-interest, 
restraint,  commonly,  detract,  simple,  divide,  (3)  expire,  ounce,  altogether, 
alternate,  deflection,  oppose,  supreme,  Farnsworth,  thyseK,  exult,  patron, 
(4)  lawful, 'ad jure,  McLean,  bequest,  acute,  material,  central,  friendliness, 
incline,  (5)  instruction,  contract,  basis,  themselves,  share,  exclamation, 
esquire,  announce,  fuse,  further,  susceptible,  (6)  literary,  inflection,  over- 
done, circular,  imposition,  agricultm-e,  heated,  ascribe,  treasure,  (7)  silk, 
cheers,  subway,  foreman,  depend,  improvise,  surprise,  inner,  almost,  (8)  con- 
cern, finally,  decision,  assert,  quick,  crush,  near,  passage,  agitation,  in- 
stances, tendency,  (9)  useless,  manners,  someone,  sifrned,  etiquette,  ulterior, 
genuine,  defense,  (10)  funny,  inteation,  adventui-e,  yon,  easily,  swear, 
ground,  earth,  perhaps,  rank. 


102 


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BUSINESS  LETTERS 


s      ^ 


Estimates,  at-any-time,  woodwork,  require,  established,  Wentworth,  has- 
taken,  territory,  if-you-want,  flour,  treatment,  replyins-to-your-inquiry, 
we-have-not-yet,  Hubert,  Osl)orne,  we-have-not-been-able,  railroad-com- 
pany, on-account-of-the,  embargo,  safeguard,  thoughtfully. 


74. 


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103 


To-your-inquiry,  Hamilton,  Kingston,  one-hundred-dollars,  entire-satis- 
faction, deposited,  three-thousand-dollars,  Alfred,  Ward,  cashier-of-the- 
bank,  assigned,  this-note,  for-that-reason,  Farnsworth,  supply,  we-expect, 
Decatur,  under-contract,  rosin,  requirements,  shortly. 


104 


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Next-year's,  consumption,  we-are-in-a-position,  to-quote,  concentrating, 
yards,  to-make,  prompt,  Simpson,  I-wish,  delightful.  Current,  Club,  who- 
asked,  orchestra,  imlication,  in-the-near-future,  we-have-your,  indorse- 
ment, in-which-you-state,  for-one-year,  as-the-rate,  reduction, 


SIXTEENTH  LESSON 
THE  YOUNG  MAN   IN  BUSINESS 


105 


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George  B.  Cortelyou 


(200) 


It-seems-to-me,  young-man,  emphasized,  honesty,  broadest,  fullest,  sig- 
nificance, possesses,  achieved,  men,  scrupulous,  standards,  conduct,  unfor- 
tunately, methods,  primary,  virtues,  little-or-no,  hardened,  shriveled, 
struggle,  no-one,  fearful,   cost,  human,  social,  betterment. 


SPEED  STUDY  XVII 

SEVENTEENTH   LESSON 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  illustrations  in  the  Manual  that  the 
disjoined  suffixes  are  placed  close  to  the  ending  of  the  preced- 
ing part  of  the  word.  The  suffix  should  be  so  placed  that  the 
pen  will  have  to  travel  the  least  possible  distance.  Another 
point  to  be  observed  is  that  the  disjoined  suffixes  are  single- 
effort  characters  and  should  be  written  with  great  accuracy 
until  the  movement  used  in  executing  them  in  this  way  has 
become  a  habit. 

Analogical  Abbreviation.  —  In  the  Twelfth  Lesson  of  the 
Manual  there  are  presented  some  fine  examples  of  analogy  in 
the  treatment  of  frequently  recurring  syllables.  The  principle 
is  so  simple  in  theory  that  no  explanation  of  it  is  needed,  but 
since  ''drill,"  after  all,  is  the  next  important  thing  to  a  thorough 
understanding  of  the  principles,  an  additional  exercise  on  words 
employing  these  and  other  frequently  recurring  sounds  will  be 
helpful. 

Drills 

'«  Age."  — 


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Key:  adage,  bandage,  bondage,  lineage,  luggage,  foliage,  marrij?,ge, 
courage,  vantage,  wreckage,  package,  baggage,  cottage,  leakage,  vil- 
lage, homage. 

106 


SEVENTEENTH  LESSON 
*'Ort,"  "Ord."  — 


107 


Key:  retort,  contort,  distort,  extort,  escort,  cohort,  discord,  concord, 
lord,  cord,  exhort,  ordinary,  ordinance,  ordain,  ordnance,  ordeal. 

"Tal,"  "Tual,"  "Ture."  — 


Key:  fatal,  metal,  recital,  mental,  rental,  refutal,  mortal,  immortal, 
perpetual,  habitual,  effectual,  actual,  mutual,  ritual,  mature,  armatm-e, 
stature,  furniture,  capture. 


*'Uation,"  "  Uition." — 


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Key:  graduation,    attenuation,    extenuation,    insinuation,    continua- 
tion, fruition,  tuition,  intuition. 

Quick  Transitions. — -Time  may  be  lost  during  the  pen-lifts, 
not  only  by  unnecessary  motions,  but  by  performing  necessary 
motions  in  a  sluggish  way.  .  The  movements  of  the  hand  in  pass- 
ing from  word  to  word,  from  line  to  line,  from  page  to  page, 
may  be  performed  in  the  right  way,  but  not  with  sufficient  alert- 
ness. "Quick  transitions"  should  be  the  watchword  of  every 
writer  who  aims  at  speed.  —  David  Wolfe  Brown. 


108 


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BUSINESS   LETTERS 


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Telegram,  we-h  ope-that-these,  the-delay,  in-our-order,  fumed,  chiffonier, 
has-lost,  to-order,  recall,  about-this-matter,  insuring,  Smelting,  has-had, 
so-much,  intention,  inspection,  representative,  tour,  we-shall-give,  prom- 
ise, evidently,  never,  notification,  which-was,  sent-you. 


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Bottom,  another-day,  just,  we-are- prepared,  in-accordance-with-your,  re- 
quest, I-am-sending-you,  I-have-seen,  articles,  justified,  to-prepare,  salable, 
we-have-been,  compelled,  to-pass,  prominent,  for-the-order,  regulations' 
on-account-of-its. 


110 


GREGG    SPEED    STUDIES 


Prohibitive,  King,  Snyder,  exceedingly,  in-full,  purchases,  some-weeks- 
ago,  detailed,  so-long-past-due,  best-attention,  damage,  delivered,  clearly, 
left,  in-good-condition,  and-was,  clerk,  responsibility,  you-will-be-able, 
and-that-the,  adjusted,  help-you,  notify,  forwarded. 


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I-wish-that,  I-could-become,  I-am-confident,  mutual,  result,  casual, 
visits,  contact,  in-my,  territory,  wc-meet,  ideas,  problems,  smaller,  towns, 
enter-credits,  thcy-do-not,  each-man,  specialize,  more-or-less,  he-should- 
have,  he-can-get,  register,  you-ask-me,  some-of-these-days,  margin. 


112 


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Businesslike,  demands,  promptness,  faithfulness,  tidiness,  determination, 
ability,  on-time,  efficiently,  clock,  in-your-work,  absolutely,  with-yourself, 
someone,  estimated,  girl,  spends,  school,  actually,  better-than,  efficiency, 
for-the-day,  multitude,  of-little,  affects,  taking-up,  renders. 


SPEED   STUDY  XVIII 

EIGHTEENTH  LESSON 
"Act,"  "Ect,"  "let,"  "Uct,"  "Sist,"  "1st,"  etc. — 


Key;  exact,  enact,  attract,  impact,  contact,  defect,  infect,  eject,  re- 
ject, project,  aqueduct,  deduct,  product,  addict,  predict,  edict,  select, 
depict,  evict,  subsist,  desist,  insist,  resist,  consist,  persist,  theorist,  ju- 
rist, egotist,  dramatist.  Baptist,  artist,  linguist,  pianist,  disaster,  cessa- 
tion, incessant,  cistern,  intercessor. 

"Mai,"  "Nal,"  "  Ral." — 


Key:  dismal,  informal,  canal,  arsenal,  cardinal,  marginal,  nominal, 
ordinal,  criminal,  admiral,  plural,  coral,  floral,  temporal,  corporal, 
federal,  .spiral. 

113 


GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 


Key:  bold,  herald,  yield,  gold,  unfold,  sold,  uphold,   shield,  smolder, 
bewi'der,  elder,  builder. 


Est,"  "  Estation." 


— 7     <>     <1^ 


Key:  best,  rest,  invest,  test,  divest,  west,  biggest,  modest,  digest, 
honest,  tempest,  manifest,  manifestation,  forest,  forestation,  detest, 
detestation,  protest,  protestation,  attest,  attestation. 

"Keep  On."  —  In  writing  from  dictation,  it  should  be  an 
invariable  rule  never  to  allow  one's  self  to  pause  when  a  diffi- 
cult or  doubtful  word  or  phrase  is  encountered.  It  should  be 
understood  that  whenever  the  rate  of  dictation  has  been 
settled,  the  reader  shall  mercilessly  proceed  at  that  rate,  and 
shall  be  no  more  indulgent  of  the  writer's  occasional  slowness 
than  an  actual  speaker  would  be.  Nothing  can  more  surely- 
lead  to  a  "sluggish  mental  process"  or  more  surely  delay  the 
acquisition  of  speed,  than  for  the  writer  to  indulge  the  habit 
of  pausing  and  pondering  upon  every  uncommon  word,  or 
what  is  still  worse,  suspending  the  dictation  in  order  that  his 
doubts  as  to  an  outline  may  be  settled  by  reference  to  a  dic- 
tionary or  a  textbook.  "Keep  on"  should  be  the  inflexible 
rule  for  writer  and  reader.  —  David  Wolfe  Brown. 


EIGHTEENTH  LESSON 
BUSINESS  LETTERS 


115 


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We-have-your-letter,  lithographed,  calendars,  distribution,  in-any-way, 
credit-memorandum,  half-the,  deduct,  products,  commimity,  very-cor- 
dially-yours,  Automatic,  Furniture-Company,  voucher,  Atlantic,  Coffee- 
Company,  Raisin,  Valley,  Irrigation-Company,  holdings,  assessment. 


116 


GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 


Hold,  medium,  we-feel,  statistics,  enable,  unrcntcd,  conference,  we-had, 
I-have-decided,  drayman,  drayage,  charged,  exceptions,  in-the,  acknowl- 
edge-rcceipt-of-your-letter,  Lockworth,  selling,  second,  I-had,  anticipated, 
averse,  obligating. 


EIGHTEENTH  LESSON 


117 


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Indebtedness,  pursued,  we-did,  I-think-that,  bonds,  in-necd,  drainage, 
owners,  to-provide,  Walter,  McAdoo,  Saxon,  from-any,  obligations,  com- 
missions, under-his,  of -rebate,  agreement,  is-received,  refunding,  they-have- 
been,  reserve,  you-should,  subagent,  critical. 


118 


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_  Carload,  yard,  plant,  systematically,  analyzed,  quote,  vital,  considera- 
tions, based,  economic,  efficient,  operation,  machinery,  deliberate,  idleness, 
means,  decreased,  discover,  to-avoid,  repetition,  proved,  installations, 
under-separate-covcr,  catalog,  entitled,  executive,  photographs,  to-give-you. 


EIGHTEENTH  LESSON 
NEW  IDEAS 


119 


Madison  C.  Peters        (179) 

Idea,  startling,  danger,  overmastenng,  minority,  Fulton,  launched,  Hud- 
son, asylum,  enemy,  Morse,  telegi-aph,  girdle,  omnipresent,  Charles,  Good- 
year, struggled,  India,  pawned,  wife's,  jewelry,  starving,  criticized,  behold, 
vulcanized,  over-five-hundred,  Franklin,  clouds,  sneeringly. 


SPEED   STUDY  XIX 
NINETEENTH    LESSON 


Special  Phrases — "Morning,"  "Night,"  "Sunday."  — 
The  word  ''morning"  is  represented  by  ''mn-ing,"  and  "night" 
by  "ni."  These  forms  lend  themselves  to  very  easy  and  useful 
phrases,  as  will  be  seen  in  the  following : 


Key:  Sunday-morning,  Mondaj^-morning,  Tuesday-morning,  Wednes- 
day-morning, Thursday-morning,  Friday-morning,  Saturday-morning, 
this-morning,  next-morning,  yesterday-morning,  to-morrow-morn- 
ing, Sunday-night,  Monday-night,  Tuesday-night,  Wednesday-night, 
Thursday-night,  Friday-night,  Saturday-night,  to-morrow-night,  to- 
night. 

Railroad   Phrases.  — -  Among   the  railroad  phrases  in  which 
the  principle  of  intersection  is  used  there  are: 

>  /    w-    -;^    -r   ^-1^ 

Key:  freight-train,  passenger-train,  local-train,  local-freight,  local- 
freight-train,  local-passenger-train. 

120 


NINETEENTH  LESSON  121 

Blended  Phrases.  —  See  also  page  73,  Drill  3. 


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Key:    to-do,  to-me,  ought-to-know,  ought-to-make,  it-is-said,  it-is-cer- 
tain,  it-was-said,  it-was-certain,  you-can-judge. 

Modification  of  Wordforms.  ■ —  Among  the  special  modifica- 
tions which  are  of  frequent  occurrence,  the  following  may  be 
added  to  those  given  in  the  Manual: 


Key:     rather-than,    greater-than,    longer-than,    larger-than,    sooner- 
than. 

Injudicious  Phrase-forms.  —  Phrasing  in  shorthand  depends 
largely  upon  the  temperament  of  the  writer.  In  its  broader 
sense,  much  of  it  has  to  be  learned  by  observation  and  experi- 
ence. There  are  general  principles  undertying  the  whole 
fabric,  but  the  application  of  these  must  be  left  to  a  great 
extent  to  the  writer.  Phrasing  can  easily  be  carried  to  the 
extreme  and  it  can  also  be  injudicious  in  other  ways.  The 
study  of  the  writing  of  young  writers,  particularly,  discloses 
phrases  which  to  the  experienced  ej^e  are  either  unsafe  or  are 
not  advisable  from  the  practical  standpoint.  The  Manual 
lays  down  the  general  rules  in  paragraph  72.  In  one  paragraph 
it  says:  "The  prepositions  lo,  of,  in,  and  ivith,  and  the  con- 
junction and  are  generally  joined  to  the  words  they  precede, 
as  to-have,  of-iDhich,  in-case,  with-this,  and-there." 

But  in  students'  notes  we  have  studied  we  find  these:  "ex- 
pected me-to  spend,"  "if  you  care-to  look." 


122  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

The  phrases  ''  me-to  "  and  "  care-to  "  violate  the  foregoing  rule, 
and  {hey  are  not  natural  phrases  either  in  speaking  or  in  writ- 
ing. The  phrases  ''to-spend"  and  "to-look"  are  natural  and 
easy. 

Another  mistake  is  that  of  joining  a  pronoun  to  the  pre- 
ceding word  instead  of  the  word  following,  thus:  "If-I  make." 
The  natural  joining  here  is  "I-make"  —  not  "if-I." 

It  is  seldom  advisable  to  phrase  where  the  first  word  ends 
with  a  vowel  or  the  second  word  begins  with  a  vowel.  Other 
examples  of  injudicious  phrases  are:  "already-have,"  "and- 
when,"  ''give-it,"  "credit-me,"  "far-more."  The  intervening 
vowel  makes  each  of  these  forms  appear  as  one  word  instead 
of  a  phrase-form.  We  said  "seldom  advisable,"  because  there 
are  some  forms  in  which  it  is  possible  to  join  with  safety  and 
advantage — ^  such  forms  as  "very-many,"  "very-much," 
"very-great,"  "let-me,"  "tell-me,"  —  but  these  are  so  common, 
so  colloquial,  that  they  have  become  famihar  to  the  eye  and 
mind.  We  think  that  although  most  writers  join  "very-many," 
"very-much,"  "very-great,"  few  of  them  would  join  "very- 
well,"  simply  because  "well,"  being  represented  by  a  single 
stroke,  is  not  sufficiently  characteristic. 

A  careful  study  of  the  phrase-forms  given  in  the  Manual 
and  Phrase  Book  will  well  repay  the  time  so  expended.  These 
furnish  types  of  phrases  which  if  learned  well  will  impress  the 
idea  upon  the  writer  so  that  he  can  apply  it  to  new  phrases.  — 
Editorial  in  the  Gregg  Writer. 


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BUSINESS  LETTERS 


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Dealers,  generators,  defective,  replacements,  we-have-drawn,  balance, 
presentation,  for-granted,  next-ten-days,  delayed,  with-the-least-possible- 
delay,  several-thousand,  Northern-Pacific,  specifications,  dimensions,  cut, 
tamarack,  fir,  pine,  how-many,  ties. 


124 


GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 


Your-account,  amounting,  if-you-desire,  to-take-advantage,  it-will-be- 
necessary,  to-send-us,  we-ask-that,  this-matter,  early-attention,  at -the 
earliest-possible-moment,  giving-this,  personal-attention,  niy-letter,  order- 
blank,  price-list,  instructions,  this-claim,  if-we-do-not,  stockholders. 


NINETEENTH  LESSON 


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sible,  considerable,  trouble,  intentionally,  preference,  you-are-aware-of-the- 
fact,  council,  formal,  proposed,  paving,  Massachusetts-Avenue,  center-cf- 
the,  commissioners,  greater-than,  protests,  calling-your-attention. 


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Competition,  narrow,  profit,  specialty,  wins,  salt,  buying,  select,  attrac- 
tive, packages,  co-operation,  producing-that,  source,  honestly,  profitable, 
heretofore,  so-far-as,  on-the-market,  slip,  sacks,  branded,  barrels,  show- 
ing-this,  guaranteed,  in-the-market,  and-let-us. 


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PIONEERS  OF  THE   PACIFIC    COAST 


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Slowly,  wagons,  dingy,  oxen,  travel-stained,  depicted,  anxious,  abodes, 
discomforts,  pioneers,  wax,  day-after-day,  toilsome,  resumed,  Indian, 
scares,  rugged,  ascents,  declivities,  of-marvelous,  beauty,  gloomy,  forests, 
majestic,  mountains,  genial,  heaveiis. 


SPEED   STUDY  XX 

TWENTIETH   LESSON 

The  "Jog."  —  Although  it  is  of  infrequent  occurrence,  the 
"jog"  is  important.  Execute  it  as  in  "noun,"  "nounce,"  etc. 
Study  and  practice  the  following  examples: 

Key:    renounce,  announce,  pronounce,  denounce,  pronoun,  renown. 

The  "jog"  in  a  few  phrases  in  which  it  is  applicable  is  also 
worthy  of  special  practice. 


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Key:    it-would,  it-would-be,  it-would-have,  in-my,  in-many. 
The  "jog"  may  be  omitted  in  the  following  phrases: 


Key:    in-the-matter,  on-t he-matter,  in-tlie-markct,  on-the-market. 

Omission  of  Circle  in  "Earnest,"  etc.  —  When  two  circles 
are  on  the  same  side  of  a  straight  line,  the  line  is  liable  in  rapid 
writing  to  assume  the  appearance  of  a  curve.  For  this  reason 
the  second  circle  is  omitted  in  the  word  "earnest"  to  avoid 
conflict  with  the  word  "earliest." 

Other  examples  are  "hereinafter,"  (Compound  Words,  page 
59  of  the  Manual),  which  is  thus  absolutely  distinguished  from 
"hereafter,"  and  "agitate,"  "agitation."  This  also  explains 
why  the  second  circle  in  "lenient"  is  placed  beneath  the  line. 

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Key:    earnest,  earliest,  earnest-attention,  earliest-attention,  herein- 
after, hereafter,  agitate,  agitation,  eject,  lenient. 

Mental  Shorthand  Practice. — There  are  many  good  waj's  of 
becoming  familiar  with  the  art  when  the  student  cannot  con- 
veniently wTite  from  dictation.  He  can  read  notes  over  and 
over  again,  which  will  strengthen  his  knowledge.  He  can,  when 
listening  to  a  speaker,  mentally  follow  the  words  as  the}'  are 
uttered.  If  the  student  does  not  care  to  attempt  to  follow  the 
speaker  in  that  way,  he  may  trace  the  outlines  in  the  air,  on 
his  knee,  on  a  sheet  of  paper,  or  on  anything  convenient,  and 
it  will  be  of  benefit  to  him.  Another  good  way  is  to  take  a 
newspaper,  or  any  other  printed  work,  and  trace  the  shorthand 
characters  with  a  lead  pencil  or  pen  directl}'  over  the  printed 
words.  — ■  Thomas  P.  Wilson. 

Enlarge  Your  Vocabulary  by  Reading.  —  The  greatest  trouble 
that  employers  find  with  average  stenographers  is  that  they  have 
not  enough  general  information.  The  ability  to  write  shorthand 
at  a  moderate  speed  and  to  transcribe  it  on  the  typewriter  should 
never  be  the  ultimate  goal  of  the  ambitious  stenographer.  Im- 
prove yourself  by  reading,  or  better  still,  get  some  one  to  read 
good  books  to  you  on  a  variety  of  subjects  so  that  you  can  take 
them  down  in  shorthand.  By  this  plan  you  fulfill  a  triple  pur- 
pose. You  improve  your  mind,  enlarge  your  vocabulary,  and 
add  materially  to  yoin*  shorthand  knowledge  and  speed.  If  you 
cannot  get  a  fellow  student  to  join  you  in  this  plan,  you  may  be 
able  to  form  a  class  of  young  people,  who  will  meet  once 
or  twice  a  week  or  oftener  and  read  aloud  in  turn.  —  Frank 
Rutherford  in  Practical  Pointers  for  Shorthand  Students. 


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continental,  that-comes,  Minneapolis,  Johnston,  proof,  under-policy,  in-pay- 
ment,  the-reason,  copy-of-the-form,  in-these-cases,  instead,  Springfield, 
Walton,  requests,  to-delay,  on-your-order,  to-hold,  specified,  understood. 


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Urgently,  of-these-goods,  Danville,  Davenport,  Rockford,  inasmuch-as, 
personally,  Toledo,  to-investigate,  willingly,  prosperous,  betvveen-us,  Sec- 
ond-National-Bank, your-note,  so-far-as-we-know,  they-had,  proceeds,  so- 
long-a-time,  elapsed,  you-should-sec,  urgency,  telling-you,  we-need,  badly. 


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Holmes,  financially,  indirectly,  southern,  California,  New  Jersey,  Jersey 
City,  Paterson,  Newark,  Trenton,  Massachusetts,  Boston,  Worcester,  Fall 
River,  Lowell,  Cambridge,  Albany,  Rochester,  Buffalo,  Baltimore,  Rich- 
mond, to-New  York,  Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh,  Ohio,  Pennsylvania. 


The-legal,  description,  southwest-quarter,  township,  range,  east,  Han- 
over, automobile,  Phillips,  choicest,  state-of-Illinois,  chocolate,  loam,  scat- 
tering, growth,  hardwood,  timber,  neighborhood,  prosperous,  farmers,  in- 
this-section,  thirty-to-thirty-five-dollars,  encumberod,  on-or-before,  equity. 


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roads, farmer,  toils,  summer,  muscle,  natural,  resources-of-the-country, 
creates,  Board-of-Trade,  miners,  a-thousand-feet,  cliffs,  hiding-places, 
precious,  metals,  poured,  channels,  financia',  magnates,  corner,  deserving. 


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clearly,  the  hyphen  is  used  to  express  the  root  word.) 

1.  Accept,  -s,  -ed,  -able,  -ably,  -ability,  -or,  -ation,  un-al)le,  non-ance. 

2.  Accord,  -s,  -ed,  -ingly,  -ant,  -antly. 

3.  Account,  -s,  -ed, -able, -ably, -ability, -ant,  -ancy,  un-ablc,  un-ability. 

4.  Acknowledge,  -s,  -ed,  -ment,  un-ed. 

5.  Advantage,  -s,  -ous,  -ously,  dis-,  dis-s. 

6.  Advertise, -s,  -ed,  -ment,  -er,  -ers. 

7.  Advise,  -s,  -ed,  -edly,  -ability,  -er,  -ory,  in-able,  in-ability. 


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8.  Affect,  -s,  -ed,  -tion,  -tionate,  -tioiiately,  -atiou,  -ive,  dis-ed. 

9.  Agree,  -s,  -ed,  -able,  -ably,  -ableness,  -ability,  -ment,  dis-  dis-able. 

10.  Allow,  -s,  -ed,  -able,  -aiice,  un-able. 

11.  Answer,  -s,  -ed,  -able,  un-ed,  un-able. 

12.  Appoint,  -s,  -ed,  -able,  -ee,  -ment,  -ive,  dis-,  re-. 
1,3.  Avoid,  -s,  -ed,  -able,  -ably,  -ance,  un-able. 

14.  Beauty,  -ies,  -ecus,  -eously,  -iful,  -ifully,  -ify,  -ifier. 

15.  Bound,  -s,  -ed,  -less,  -ary,  a-,  re-,  un-ed. 

16.  Capital,  -s,  -ize,  -ized,  -ization,  -ist,  -ism",  -ally,  over-ize,  over-ization. 

17.  Care,  -s,  -ed,  -ful,  -fully,  -fulness,  -less,  -lessly,  -lessness,  over-ful. 
IS.  Change,  -s,  -ed,  -able,  -ableness,  -less,  inter-,  counter-. 

19.  Character,  -s,  -istic,  -istically,  -ize,  -izes,  -ization. 

20.  Charge,  -s,  -ed,  -er,  -able,  dis-,  over-  under-,  re-,  un-ed. 

21.  Claim,  -s,  -ed,  -ant,  -able,  counter-,  dis-,  un-ed. 

22.  Clear,  -s,  -ed,  -er,'  -est,  -ness,  -ance,  -age,  -cut. 

23.  Client,  -s,  -ele,  -al,  -age. 

24.  Collect,  -s,  -ed,  -or,  -orship,  -tion,  -ible,  -ive,  -ivity,  -edly,  un-ible. 

25.  Consider,  -s,  -ed,  -ate,  -able.,  -ably,  in-ate,  re-. 

26.  Correct,  -s,  -ed,  -tion,  -tional,  -ly,  -ness,  -ive,  in-,  un-ed. 

27.  Correspond,  -s,  -ed,  -ingly,  -ent,  -ents. 

28.  Custom,  -s,  -er,  -ary,  -arily,  -house,  ac-,  unac-ed. 

29.  Dear,  -s,  -er,  -ly,  -est,  -ness,  en-  en-ingly. 

30.  Deliver,  -s,  -ed,  -y,  -er,  -able,  -ance. 

31.  Desire,  -s,  -ed,  -able,  -ability,  -ous,  un-able. 

32.  Differ,  -s,  -ed,  -ently,  -ential,  -cntiate,  -entiation,  in-ent,  in-ently. 

33.  Direct,  -s,  -ed,  -ly,  -tion,  -or,-orship,  -ory,-orate,-ness,-ive,-orial,  in-. 

34.  Effect, -s,-ed, -ive, -ively,-iveness,-ual,-ually,-uality,  in-ive,  in-ual. 

35.  Favor,  -s,  -ed,  -ite,  -able,  -ably,  -itism,  dis-,  un-able. 

36.  Firm,  -s,  -ly,  -er,  -est,  af-,  con-. 

37.  Form,  -s,  -ed,  -er,  -erly,  -al,  -ulate. 

38.  Give,  -s,  -er,  mis-ings,  for-,  unfor-n. 

39.  Glad,  -ly,  -dest,  -ness,  -den,  -dencd. 

40.  God,  -s,  -ly,  -lier,  -like,  -less,  -liness,  -send,  -speed,  -father,  -mother, 

un-ly. 

41.  Good,  -ly,  -y,  -ness,  -bye,  -liness. 

42.  Govern,  -s,  -ed,  -or,  -orship,  -able,  -mental,  -ess,  mis-,  un-able,  ex-or. 

43.  Great,  -er,  -est,  -ly,  -ness. 

44.  House,  -s,  -ed,  -ful,  -hold,  -holder,  -keeping,  -keeper,  -wife,  -work, 

ice-,  ware-,  ware-man. 

45.  Industry,  -ies,  -ious,  -iously,  -al,  -alist,  -alism. 

46.  Kind,  -s,  -est,  -ness,  -nesses,  -ly,  -liest,  -liness,  un-. 


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47.  Light,  -s,  -ed,  -er,  -est,  -ly,  -en,  -ening,  -ened,  -liess,  a-,  de-ful, 

en-en,  en-enment,  re-,  un-ed. 

48.  Like,-s,-ed, -ly,-line.ss,-lihood,-en,-ness,-wise,-able,  a-,  dis-,  un-ly. 

49.  List,  -s,  -ed,  -less,  -lessly,  en-,  en-ment,  re-en-. 

50.  Mail,  -s,  -ed,  -able,  -ings,  re-,  un-able. 

51.  Most,  -ly,  fore-,  in-,  utter-,  ut-,  upper-. 

52.  Move,  -s,  -ed,  -er,  -able,  -ie,  -ment,  re-,  un-ed,  im-able,  counter-. 

53.  Name,  -s,  -ed,  -ly,  -less,  mis-ed,  un-ed,  sur-  nick-. 

54.  Object,  -s,  -ed,  -or,  -tion,  -tionable,  -ive,  -ively,  un-tionable. 

55.  Office,  -s,  -er,  -iate,  -ious,  -holder,  inter-,  sub-er. 

56.  Official,  -s,  -ism,  -ly,  un-. 

57.  Popular,  -ly,  -ity,  -ize,  -ization,  un-. 

58.  Power,  -s,  -ful,  -fully,  -fulness,  -less,  em-  em-ed,  over-. 

59.  Purpose,  -s,  -ly,  -ful,  -fully,  -less,  -lessness. 

60.  Question,  -s,  -ed,  -er,  -naire,  -able,  -ingly,  un-able. 

61.  Real,  -ly,  -ism,  -ist,  -istically,  -ity,  -ty,  -ize,  -ization,  un-. 

62.  Receive,  -s,  -ed,  -er,  -ership,  -able,  -ability,  un-ed. 

63.  Regard,  -s,  -ed,  -less,  -ful,  dis-,  un-ed. 

64.  Regret,  -s,  -ed,  -ful,  -fulness,  -able,  -ably. 

65.  Represent,  -s,  -ed,  -ative,  -ation,  mis-ation,  un-ed. 

66.  Respect,  -s,  -ed,  -er,  -able,  -ability,  -ive,  -fulness,  dis-. 

67.  Speak-speech,  -s,  -er,  -ership,  -able,  -less,  -lessness,  -maker,  be-. 

68.  Spirit,  -s,  -ed,  -less,  -ual,  -uality,  -ualist  -ualistic,  -uous,  dis-ed. 

69.  State,  -s,   -ed,   -ly,   -liness,  -ment,   -sman,   -smanship,   -smanlike, 

-hood,  mis-ment. 

70.  Stock,  -s,  -ed,  -holder,  -y,  -ily,  -ings. 

71.  Success,  -es,  -or,  -ful,  -fully,  -sion,  -ive,  -ively,  un-ful. 

72.  System,  -s,  -atize,  -atized,  -atizer,  -atization,  -atic,  -atically,  un-atic. 

73.  Thank,  -s,  -ed,  -ful,  -fully,  -fulness,  -less,  -lessness,  -sgiving,  un-ful. 

74.  Trust,  -s,  -ed,  -ingly,  -ee,  -eeship,  -ful,  -worthy,  dis-  mis-,  anti-, 

in-,  un-worthy. 

75.  Truth,  -s,  -ful,  -fully,  -fulness,  -less,  un-. 

76.  Use,  -s,  -ed,  -ful,  -less,  -able,  -er,  -age,  -ance,    un-cd,  mis-,  dis-. 

77.  Value,  -s,  -ed,  -ation,  -able,  -less,  over-,  under-. 

78.  Week-weak,  -s,  -ly,  -ness,  -en,  -encd,  bi-ly. 

79.  Wire,  -s,  -ed,  -y,  -iness,  -less. 

80.  Wonder,  -s,  -ed,  -ful,  -fully,  -ment,  -ingly. 

81.  Work,  -s,  -ed,  -er,  -ings,  -able,  -man,  -manship,  -manlike,  -house, 

over-. 

82.  World,  -s,  -ly,  -liness,  un-ly. 

83.  Write-right,  -s,  -ed,  -ei;,  -ings,  -ful,  -fully,  -ly,  up-,  down-,  a-. 


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start,  finish,  protected,  paint,  iron,  wood,  decay,  found.  Union,  county, 
building,  repairing-the,  let-us,  save,  will-find^avings,  Saginaw,  Michigan, 
bankers,  no-doubt,  chances,  good-many,  loans,  farms. 


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Wright,  biplane,  machines,  rebuilding,  exhibition,  I-should-Uke-to-know,  to- 
sell,  propeller,  brackets,  shafts,  chains,  I-should,  horse:-power,  outfit,  would- 
not-have,  purposes,  museum,  procure,  photograph,  I-took,  hydroplane. 


146 

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property,  in-this-state,  becoming,  figure,  we-want,  to-tell-us,  early-reply, 
Macintosh,  Wheeling,  West-Virginia,  folder,  Lily,  Evaporated,  Milk,  proc- 
ess, grocery-department,  familiarize,  essential. 


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Food-department,  dry,  clothing,  folders,  International,  Motor-Com- 
pany, Troy,  cylinder,  gas,  engine,  feature,  capable,  soil,  mainly,  volcanic, 
combined,  harvester,  necessarily,  pressure,  steep,  rough,  weight,  as-Ught- 
as-possible,  yet,  we-do-not-want,  endeavoring,  low-priced. 


148 


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children,  grows,  in-the-course-of-a-few-years,  we-shall-be-glad-to-receive, 
to-rcservc,  Theodore,  Butler,  Dcs-Moines,  Iowa,  American,  Surety-Com- 
pany, Harvey,  McKinnon,  Burlington,  ditch,  contract,  authority,  attached. 


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liable, properties,  sufficiently,  reporting-the,  moral,  risk,  each-case,  as- 
soon-as-possible,  Laura,  Henderson,  Duluth,  Minnesota,  My-dear-Miss. 


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bathing,  beaches,  play-grounds,  park,  recreational,  extensive,  equipment, 
enrollment,  illustrated,  Ernest,  Tracy,  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  newest, 
features,  accordingly,  instructing,  Stewart,  South-Avenue,  Topeka. 


SPEED    STUDY    XXII 


Interesting,  visit,  profitable,  in-the-meantinic,  perhaps,  lend.  Bureau, 
maintained,  special,  we-invito,  cordially,  Artimr,  Hcrrick,  Seattle,  Wash- 
ington, advising-me,  from-my,  membership,  six-hundred,  including,  mer- 
cantile, Curtis,  round-table,  luncheons,  of-thcm,  sincere,  belief. 


152 


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men,  created,  equal,  engaged,  civil,  whether-that,  nation,  endure,  battle- 
field, we-have-come,  portion,  their-lives,  fitting,  proper,  we-should,  larger, 
consecrate,  hallow,  power,  detract,  forget,  unfinished,  fought. 


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Task,  honored,  increased,  devotion,  they-gave,  measure,  highly,  resolve, 
8h£,ll-not-have,  died,  in-vain,  undcr-God,  freedom,  for-the-people,  perish, 
earth,  prophets,  spelled,  dictation,  and-lose,  won't,  illegible,  outline,  speed, 
angels,  symbols. 


154 


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Faster,  on-the-other-hand,  speed,  imaginative,  critical,  faculties,  faults, 
in-the-course-of-timc,  acquire,  to-coin,  self -reading,  jump,  of-their-own, 
notebook,  young-men,  practical,  virtue,  persistence,  candidates,  burden, 
climber,  must-have,  subway,  ground. 


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Push,  climbins,  less,  gained,  reach,  height,  Faraday,  scientist,  dropped, 
tiny,  screw,  twilight,  assistant,  consequence,  defeated,  habit,  succeed,  must- 
become,  shining,  thread,  that-must-be,  woven,  character,  scarlet,  rope, 
jeweled,  brightest,  outlook,  upon-life,  patient,  plodders. 


156 


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Mark,  Hopkins,  brilliant,  carried,  recitations,  don't-be,  afraid,  doubt, 
talents,  possess,  literally,  robs,  mental,  development,  individuality,  imi- 
tation, someone-else,  roads,  choose,  neighbor,  if-you-get,  to-start,  journey, 
hide,  under-a-bushel,  burning,  to-grow,  feed,  fire,  feeble,  flame,  besides. 


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ness,  associated,  naturally,  darkness,  just,  so-much-as,  productive,  extent, 
surroundings,  less-than,  unyielding,  lavishes,  contentment,  on-hini,  who- 
finds,  vigorous,~prosecution,  untiring,  attribute,  commanded,  earnestness. 


158 


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Afford,  establish,  foot,  solid,  gradual,  onward,  sudden,  over-a,  preci- 
pice, maxims,  deduce,  caution,  resists,  temptation,  implies,  inviolable,  in- 
the-world,  implicitly,  frequently,  preferred,  applicants,  lifts,  station,  repu- 
tation, accustomed,  hang,  disunion,  .short-sight,  fathom,  below. 


Counsellor,  preserved,  tolerable,  destroj^ed,  lasts,  exciting,  gratifying, 
prospects,  to-penetrate,  veil,  oiwny,  opened,  behind,  eyes,  to-behold,  dis- 
honored, fragments,  glorious,  dissevered,  discordant,  belligerent,  drenched, 
fraternal,  blood,  lingering,  gorgeous,  trophies,  luster,  polluted,  obscured. 


160 


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over-in,  of-living,  Ijlazin?,  over-the-land,  wmd,  undcr-the-whole,  sentiment, 
forever,  inseparable,  misunderstanding,  scope,  lies,  primjwily,  striving, 
differentiate,  practice,  reminded,   who-said,  whether,  speculative,  mixed. 


161 


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through-its,  chasm,  thrift,  stones,  no-more,  house,  detrim(>nt,  thrift}',  con- 
sists, judicious,  i^hysical,  merely,  we-have-gone,  unde.siral)le,  of-misers. 
wheels,  turned,  nien-and-women,  sanely,  money-saving,  link,  strand. 


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commercial 

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BUSINESS   LETTERS 


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ways,  spring,  combination,  flannels,  possibilities,  soft,  wool,  cloth,  double, 
attractiveness,  warmth,  react,  fabrics,  washable,  stroke,  jot,  down,  Free- 
man, Brothers,  Providence,  Rhodcvlsland,  Burroughs. 


166 

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years,  remarkable,  developments,  you-could,  event,  models,  over-and,  fill, 
and-return,  give-you,  including-the,  Herman,  Stebbins,  Indianapolis,  you- 
asked,  samples,  chinchilla,  cloakings. 


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as-well,  seasonable,  year,  preparedness,  watchword,  demand,  end-of-the- 
season,  available,  ^^'hitney,  Jacksonville,  Florida,  advertisements,  high- 
priced,  cuts,  store,  free-of-charge,  3'ou-find. 


168 


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restricting,  apply,  as-these,  take-care,  at-the-present-time,  Benjamin, 
Sullivan,  Syracuse,  we-learn-that,  figuring,  water,  erected,  Lima,  Ohio, 
bids,  cement,  pride  (private).  Alpha. 


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you-write-us,  Wilcox,  Portland,  few-weeks-ago,  subscription,  entered, 
Magazine,  reader,  we-feel-sure-that,  each-number,  inspiration,  beneficial, 
perfect ing-your,  remodeling,  problem,  exterior,  design,  fulfill,  architects. 


170 


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perience, yours-very-cordially,  Lewis,  Turner,  Salt-Lake-City,  Utah,  realizes, 
looks,  around,  observes,  wastes,  greater-than,  accumulations,  equivalent, 
conservative,  American-people,  investor,  onc-thousand-dollars,  secured. 


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Encourage,  discipline,  helping-yon,  over-with-you,  at-such-time,  to-save, 
message,  Allen,  rctain(>d,  quick,  dispcsition-of-tho-lands,  End-Av(<nue, 
Grove,  growing,  thriving,  residential,  Valesburg,  of-tliis-land,  one-hundred- 
feet,  prior,  to-secure,  figures. 


172 


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Sacrifice,  owner,  realiziiis-that,  will-give,  andTmail,  9-a.-m.,  6-p.-m., 
at-our-offices,  room,  Coinstock,  await,  Brake-Company,  to-produce,  send- 
ing-these,  \v-e-have-takcn,  Printers',  results,  names,  circularizing,  superin- 
tendent, strengthen,  campaign,  agree-witli-us. 


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Oscar,  Stevens,  Bronx\'ille,  dumped,  passengers,  short-haul,  has-never, 
largely,  tributary,  controversy,  precipitated,  causes,  doubtless,  diminishing, 
from-month-to-month,  from-year-to-year,  comfortable,  abnormal,  traffic 
exorbitant,  at-tlie-present-moment,  electric-engines,  Electric-Zone. 


174 


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Tend,  Baldwin,  St.-Paul,  ^  Attorney-General,  Atwood,  nominated, 
sheriff,  primary,  election,  resided,  many-years,  naturalized,  of-this-country, 
nomination,  filed,  petition,  citizenship,  under-such,  in-my-opinion,  eligible, 
elector,  constitutional,  statutory,  provision,  assuming-that. 


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GREAT  ART 


175 


Exprcssioii-of-the-mind,  foolishly,  sensibly,  virtuous,  vicious,  basely, 
thoughtful,  honest,  cemented,  if-it-has,  ornament,  carver,  greedy,  insensitive, 
stupid,  buildings,  microscope,  magnified,  a-hundred-fold,  passionate,  inten- 
sifies, noblest,  meanest,  delights,  under-a,  scalpel  di&section,  misrepresent. 


176 


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Inmost,  likes,  imagination,  affections,  perseverance,  impatience,  clumsi- 
ness, cleverness,  cobweb,  it-was-made,  spider,  honeycomb,  cast,  worm,  nest, 
wreathed,  bird,  worthily,  ignobly,  least,  idle,  curiosity,  peoples',  estimate, 
of-remaining,  unknown,  pledge,  assembly,  enters,  attempts. 


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Gauged,  stamped,  troop,  whoop,  square,  newcomer,  accurately,  weighed, 
undergone,  stranger,  distant,  trinkets,  pockets,  pretentions,  sniffs,  divine, 
searches,  transpierces,  distinguished.  Homer,  feigned,  Iliad,  drove,  Xerxes, 
christianized,  abolished,  slavery,  reverence,  commands,  devils. 


178 


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daily,  faithfully,  skillfully,  ample,  biography,  to-honor,  of-others,  talent, 
thus,  great-numbers,  indefatigable,  musicians,  artists,  authors,  scientists, 
splendid,  acliievcments,  among,  Rosa,  Bonheur,  favorite,  animal,  steadily. 


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Vocations  for  Girls 


Louisa,  Alcott,  ceaselessly,  Larcom,  poems,  operative,  Kate,  Douglas, 
Wiggin,  enthusiastic,  teacher,  charming,  stories,  Clara,  Barton,  fmmder, 
Florence,  Nightingale,  unlimited,  to-promote,  wonderful,  abiUties,  defi- 
ciency. 


180 


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TENACITY  OF  ATTENTION 


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Tenacious,  strongest,  factors,  cultivated,  psychologists,  hardly,  over- 
estimate, of-some,  geniuses,  accomplishes,  undivided,  they-might-have 
half-the-time,  scorned,  restraint,  butterfly,  element,  demanded,  meadow, 
flowers,  quicker,  watch,  ant's,  latter,  winter,  surpass,  tortoise,  beat. 


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the-only-way,  to-cultivate,  continuous,  wanders,  consecutive,  powers,  each- 
time,  weariness,  colt,  onc-sidc-of-the-street,  anywhere,  pulled,  understand- 
ing, particular,  fundamental,  mastered,  attainment,  incomplete. 


182 


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Royal,  dogged,  if-you-do-not,  textbook,  oncc-in-a-whilc,  feel-sure-that,  per- 
fectly, uiider-control,  fixed,  in-your-mind,  wordsigns,  contractions,  outlines, 
briefer,  of-lcgibility,  groundwork,  you-are-in-a-position,  stenographer,  pro- 
crastinators,  seldom,  nervous,  energy,  direction,  intelligent,  acquisition. 


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Systematic,  pianist,  prima,  donna,  walk,  upright,  do-not,  accidental, 
who-WTote,  effluence,  core,  served,  translated,  actual,  it-does-not,  vehicle, 
reason,  instinct, "powerful,  in-this,  battle,  reservoir,  emotions,  constituted, 
deprived,  intellect,  activity,  exceptionally. 


184 


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Arnold  Bennett 


(32G) 


Retract,  to-disappear,  accessible,  stomge,  correspondingly,  degraded, 
fallacious,  petty,  upward,  pull,  conceiving,  realized,  function,  exists,  the- 
living,  essence,  minor,  agreeable,  harml-ess,  fashion,  momentary,  faint, 
multitudes,  habitual,  readers,  utilize,  implication,  golf,  soporifics,  devices. 


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SIMILAR  WORDS— (Continued) 


inside 

insight 
instant 

instantaneous 

intelligent 

intelligence 

indent 

intend 

into 

unto 

invest 

investigate 

labors 

laborious 

lawyer 

lower 


libel 

liable 
likable 
looks 
luxury 


4 


-d>        matter 
-y^     mature 


memoranda         (> 

memorandum 

mention 


motion 

negligence 

neglect 


operation 

oppression 

ordain 

ordinary 

ours,  hours 

recent 

parcel 

partial 

partition 

petition 

passionate 

patient 

permanent 

prominent 

persecute 

prosecute 


185 


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S^      persecution 

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^  poor 

(y  power 

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^~^?^     praised 
C_^        pressed 

^—f^        presented 
probation 
proliibition 
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remain 


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remit 
revel 
reveal 
reverence 


signal 

signature 
significant 


f  special 

p  specify 

^  specific 

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i^  support 

!^  circuit 

y^^  starred 

/^  started 

succeed 


"Pre"  and  "Pro"  Prefixes. —  " Pre "  is  always  written  in 
full,  except  in  "presume"  and  its  derivatives. 

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Key:  prefer,  perfect,  prevision,  provision,  precision,  procession,  precede, 
proceed,  precept,  percept,  prescribe,  proscribe,  prescription,  proscrip- 
tion, premium,  pre-eminent,  previous,  perverse,  preserve,  persevere. 


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BUSINESS  LETTERS 


187 


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Cutler,  Battlc-Creck,  butter,  cheese,  eggs,  level,  at-the-same-time,  cur- 
tailed, carefully,  from-week-to-wcek,  accumulate,  you-wiil-havc,  foUowing- 
these,  very-large,  extra-profit,  so-long-as,  to-do,  to-convert,  as-rapidly-as- 
possible,  that-this-is,  active,  handling,  sales,  Alvin,  Steele,  Brooklyn. 


188 


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Manor,  the-house,  advertised,  has-since,  however,  desirable,  cellar, 
dwelling,  baths,  parlor,  veranda,  porch,  electric-light,  beautiful,  Long-Island, 
Neck,  HiUs,  to-settle,  bargain,  investigate,  we-shall-be,  to-inspect,  at-your- 
convenience,  Nash,  Newburgh,  Boys'-Department,  branch,  Y.  M.  C.  A. 


SPEED    STUDY    XXIV 


189 


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Quarters,  older,  and-has,  needed,  furniture,  to-replace,  other-days, 
generously,  donations,  I-am-sure-that-the,  of-these-days,  appeals,  to-show, 
in-raising-the,  good-deal,  spent,  we-count,  I-shall,  Waldron,  Huntington, 
ehort-time-ago,  article,  explaining,  cent. 


190 

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Forced,  economize,  relax,  expenses,  absorb,  merchant,  prosperity,  pro- 
gressive, taking-advantage,  that-may-be,  feeling-that,  you-have-takenj 
worry,  Pearce,  Montreal,  Quebec,  slogan,  Canadian,  manufacturer,  laborer, 
Canada,  varieties,  which-are-not.  United  States,  logical. 


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191 


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Dealer,  take-advantage,  superior,  we-can-give-you,  you-want,  Willard, 
O'Donnell,  Holyoke,  we-thank-you-for-your-inquiry,  every-case,  we-have- 
no,  to-submit,  to-you,  as-to-your,  decease,  we-shall-be-able,  this-eompany, 
executor,  trusts,  thereby,  entitled,  trust-company,  suggestive. 


192  GREGG   SPEED   STUDIES 

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Wo-hope,  further,  strictly,  confidential,  Robbins,  Webster,  Council- 
Bluffs,  illustrations,  pages,  output,  attach,  regular,  switch,  insulating, 
accompanying,  blue-print,  circuit,  screws,  short-lines,  furnished,  upon- 
request,  Republic. 


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Obligation,  Putnam,  New-Haven,  my-attcntion-to-thc-fact,  I-wish-to- 
make,  particularly,  desirous,  agencies,  city,  thoroughfares,  practically, 
population,  suburbs,  effectively,  economically,  bulletins,  continuously,  ad- 
vertiser, to-convince,  painted,  as-they-were. 


GREGG   SPEED    STUDIES 


Within-our,  Moody,  New-Orleans,  soap,  expect,  improvement,  fact-that, 
justify,  tonnage,  assortment,  justifies,  outlets,  recognized,  if-anything,  to- 
forge,  strides,  to-a-large-extent,  pushing-this,  commodity,  forthcoming, 
salesmen,  to-understand,  on-which-they-are. 


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Co-operation,  very-cordially  yours,  Jaokson,  Butte,  Montana,  announce- 
ment, national,  pay-up,  campaisus,  clubs,  conducting,  movements,  boosted, 
memberships,  can-be-donc,  educational,  that-will,  hereafter,  paving-the, 
sending-the,  prospective. 


196 


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Mayor,  involves,  demonstration,  neighborly,  community's,  generosity, 
kindliest,  to-surronder,  cheerful,  compliance,  facilitate,  initiate,  author- 
ities, five-hundred-thousand,  consolidation,  industrial,  perplexing,  obstacle, 
deserved,  recognition,  cordial,  suggesting-this,  obvious,  solution. 


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TURNING  THE  GRINDSTONE 


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When-I-was,  winter's,  accosted,  smiling,  axe,  shoulder,  grindstone,  yes- 
sir,  compliment,  patting,  how-could,  refuse,  kettle,  what's,  your-name,  wait- 
ing, reply,  I-am-sure,  finest,  few-minutes,  tickled,  flattery,  fool,  toiled, 
tugged,  till,  tired,  to-death,  bell,  blistered. 


198 


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(359) 


Sharpened,  rascal,  you've,  truant,  scud,  to-school,  you'll,  alas,  grindstone, 
too-much,  sank,  in-my-mind,  over-polite,  to-grind,  flattering-the,  profes- 
sions, attachment,  who-is,  private,  tyrant,  me-thinks,  hoisted,  qualification, 
to-render,  respectable,  doomed,  booby,  if-it-were-not,  who-would. 


SPEED    STUDY    XXIV 


199 


Parable,  to-count,  the-cost,  warninK,  fatal,  to-success,  count ing-the,  sor- 
row, insists,  starts,  the-real,  elevating,  accumulations,  toughening,  as-it-is, 
to-faint,  of-us,  weary,  discouraged,  struggles,  wisdom,  which-have,  to-our- 
selves,  to-do-it,  before-night. 


200 


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Phillips  Brooks 


(353) 


No-man,  wished,  it-would-have,  exhilaration,  untrodden,  Columbus, 
the-whole,  before,  have-been,  every-man,  who-did-not,  somehow,  this-thing, 
which-we-are,  search,  everybody,  loA'es,  pretty,  everyone,  as-well-as,  every- 
other,  person,  excel,  football,  baseball,  physically,  unfitted,  outclass. 


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Do-not-think,  rooter,  value,  of-Ufe,  genius,  do-not-bo,  discouraged,  of- 
themselves,  few-years,  brilliantly,  clever,  workers,  who-havc-given,  prizes, 
measured,  will-never,  rightly,  despises,  quitter,  I'm-not,  cares,  winner, 
walk-over,  anyhow,  to-fight,  for-yoursclf,.  things. 


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FREE  EDUCATION 


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Repeatedly,  comprising,  treasure,  thief,  misfortune,  poverty,  safer-than, 
shelter,  thrilled,  realization,  t  he-word,  we-understood,  who-had,  who-could- 
not,  pronounce,  who-was-not,  rulings,  exclusions,  the-doors,  stood,  the- 
way,  incident,  impressed,  to-experience,  disappointment. 


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Father,  enter-upon-our,  he-said,  that-the-time,  interval,  crowded,  to- 
visit,  dressed,  to-learn-the,  mysteries,  washboard,  speaking-tube,  to-trade, 
pedler,  window,  poHceman,  English,  assisted,  gallery,  to-become,  intelli- 
gently,  applied,  depends,  you-must-have,  ambition. 


204 


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Shorthand,  bread-winning,  accomphshment,  pronunciation,  language, 
immense,  disciplines,  analyze,  constructive,  sharpens,  unequaled,  one-of- 
the-most,  young-woman,  expert,  of-all-these,  expertness,  brevity,  uni- 
formity, proportion,  observed,  distinguish,  positively,  strokes,  obtained. 


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Execution,  characters,  facQity,  eveii-tlie,  practicing-the,  alphabet,  ac- 
quired, stenogi'apli}',  fertile,  f^reat,  successes,  comparativch%  nearly,  com- 
petent, privilege,  elbow,  trained,  positions,  in-itself,  forceful,  personalities, 
fingers,  wide-awake,  closer. 


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Edward  J.  Kilduff  (^^s) 


Valuable,  bits, of-informat ion,  customs,  transactions,  moreover,  stimulus, 
is-at-hand,  stenograplier,  direct,  advancement,  into-the,  career,  secretary, 
realize,  he-should,  alive,  wide-awake,  competency,  hidden,  in-any-other, 
eince-the,  to-display,  promotion. 


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NAMES  OF  WOMEN 


10 


Key:  (1)  Adeline,  Agnes,  Alice,  Alma,  Amanda,  Amelia,  Annabelle,  An- 
toinette, (2)  Augusta,  Barbara,  Beatrice,  Belle,  Bertha,  Blanche,  Bridget, 
Caroline,  Catherine,  (3)  Celia,  Charlotte,  Clara,  Constance,  Cora,  Cjoithia, 
Deha,  Dorothy,  Edith,  (4)  Edna,  Eleanor,  Elizabeth,  Eliza,  Emily,  Emma, 
Esther,  Ethel,  Flora,  (5)  Florence,  Fi-ances,  Georgiana,  Gertrude,  Grace, 
Hannah,  Harriet,  Helen,  Henrietta,  (6)  Hortense,  Ida,  Irene,  Isabelle,  Jean, 
Jeanette,  Josephine,  Judith,  Julia,  Juliet,  Laura,  (7)  Lillian,  Louise,  Lucy, 
Mal)el,  Margaret,  Maria,  Marian,  (8)  Marie,  Mary,  Martha,  Matilda,  Mil- 
dred, Nancy,  Norah,  (9)  Olive,  Ophelia,  Pauline,  Pearl,  Phyllis,  Phoebe, 
Priscilla,  Prudence,  Rachel,  (10)  Rebecca,  Rosalie,  Ruth,  Sarah,  Sophia, 
Stella,  Susan,  Sylvia,  Victoria,  Violet. 

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208 


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NAMES  OF   MEN 


Key:  (1)  Abraham,  Adam,  Adolph,  Albert,  Alex,  Alfred,  Andrew,  An- 
thony, Arthur,  (2)  Benjamin,  Charles,  Clarence,  Daniel,  David,  Donald, 
Duncan,  Edgar,  (3)  Edmond,  Edward,  Edwin,  Ernest,  Eugene,  Felix, 
Francis,  Frank,  Frederick,  Geoffrey,  (4)  George,  Gilbert,  Godfrey,  Guy, 
Harold,  Henry,  Herbert,  Hiram,  Hubert,  (5)  Hugh,  Hugo,  Isaac,  Jacob, 
James,  Jesse,  Joel,  John,  Jonathan,  Joseph,  Joshua,  Josiah,  (6)  Julian, 
LawTence,  Leonard,  Louis,  Mark,  Martin,  Matthew,  Morris,  (7)  Michael, 
Moses,  Nathan,  Nathaniel,  Nicholas,  Norman,  Oliver,  (8)  Oscar,  Owen, 
Patrick,  Paul,  Peter,  Philip,  Ralph,  Raymond,  Richard,  (9)  Robert,  Roger, 
Rudolph,  Rufus,  Paipcrt,  Samuel,  Simon,  Solomon,  (10)  Stephen,  Theodore, 
Thomas,  Timothy,  Victor,  Vincent,  Vivian,  Walter,'  William. 


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BUSINESS  LETTERS 


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Gilbert,  Jefferson,  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  sentences,  to-ask-you, 
householders,  heating,  apparatus,  coal,  sometimes,  higher,  ton,  counts, 
consulted,  types,  cooking,  furnaces,  hot,  heaters,  exactly,  recommend,  en- 
gineering-departments, entirely,  disposal,  to-do-so,  postal-card. 


210 


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Number,  Messrs.,  Thompson,  Birmingham,  Alabama,  calling-your-atten- 
tion,  defects,  as-follows,  ashes,  wooden,  supposed,  receptacles,  doors,  recoated, 
tin,  metal,  worn,  closed,  removal,  overhauled,  crack,  opening,  heat,  base- 
ment, oily,  waste,  provided,  concrete,  brick,  laid,  protective,  inches. 


SPEED    STUDY    XXV 


Sidcs-of-the-range,  noncombustible,  so-as-to,  preclude,  possibility,  sparks, 
fat,  boiling-over,  Leonard,  Monroe,  Oklahoma,  probably,  wasted,  vvc-did- 
not,  spare,  if-we-had,  saved,  ourselves,  much-time,  escaped,  discourage- 
ments, disappointments,  he-realizes,  to-impress,  upon-such,  self-training. 


212 


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We-ask-you,  to-co-operate,  you-would-like-to-see,  scholarship,  transfer, 
holder,  to-choose,  Tyler,  Jopliu,  in-answcr-to-your-letter,  alternating,  to- 
making-you,  central,  stations,  equipped,  to-such-an-extent,  overstocked, 
with-them,  and-have. 


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Sort,  endeavor,  to-dispose,  frankly,  Elbert,  Gibson,  Utica,  as-requcstcd, 
self-balancing,  sportsmen,  seaplane,  over-any-other,  existing,  manifold, 
on-account-of-the-fact,  operator,  reduced,  one-half,  enabling,  to-fly,  per- 
form, propellers,  arc,  unprecedented,  seaworthy,  sustained. 


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Pontoon,  balanced,  wing,  center-of,  gravity,  enabled,  under-more,  unsat- 
isfactory, airplane,  tanks,  diagrams,  thank-you-for-your-inquiry,  Grand- 
Rapids,  widespread,  Packard,  product,  rumors,  afloat,  voluntary,  options, 
Detroit,  for-example,  to-date,  suggest-that,  whose,  you-would-like-to-have. 


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Unheard-of,  prediction,  freely,  premiums,  convention,  wo-found,  groups, 
estimate,  each-one-of-our,  invitation,  announcement,  Dearborn,  Racine, 
asphalt,  shingle,  in-mind,  summer,  as-well-as-the,  cold,  was-not,  materials, 
over-half,  centiuy's. 


21G 


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Inficnuity,  modern,  molting,  it-would-not,  varying,  temperatures,  year- 
after-year,  samples,  colors,  having-becri,  sniarantce,  hacked,  Roofing, 
Registration,  uniform,  idea-of-the-types,  Shandler,  I'Jainfield,  Judson, 
University,  permission,  organizin:;. 


217 


Aviation,  corps,  alumni,  observers,  pilots,  arises,  seven-or-eight,  high- 
speed, scout,  heavier,  lij-dro-aeroplane,  want-to-make,  three-or-four,  main- 
tenance, at-your-earliest-convenience,  descriptive,  full-information,  in- 
quiries, prominence,  it-might-be,  notoriety,  Oliver,  Perkins,  Chattanooga. 


218 


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(210) 


Associations,  retail,  wholesale,  clubs,  boards-of-trade,  seems-to-me,  wise, 
to-furnish,  comprehensive,  Government,  for-the-purjxjse,  unifying,  account- 
ing, bookkeeping,  standardizing,  approval,  in-addition-to-the,  federal,  com- 
mission, industries,  cooperate,  parties,  remedy,  solved. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXV 
ASSOCIATION  AND  MEMORY 


219 


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n 


Retains,  associates,  hanss,  to-fisli,  sunk,  beneath-the,  surface,  network, 
attachments,  tissue,  secret,  diverse,  multiple,  to-retain,  as-much-as-pos- 
sible, outward,  native,  tenacitj^,  who-thinks,  over-his,  weaves,  relations, 
each-other,  examples,  their-own,  college,  athlete,  dunce,  astonish. 


220 


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^     T 


William  James 


Dictionary,  sporting,  ovcr-these-things,  concept-system,  politician,  votes, 
copiousness,  amazes,  outsiders,  bestow,  Darwin,  Spencer,  incompatible, 
middling,  physiological,  retentiveness,  verifying,  theory,  cluster,  cling, 
grapes,  stem,  discern,  erudition,  desultory,  unutilizable,  unnoted. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXV 
THE  BUSINESS  CAREER 


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Conducted,  smallest,  scale,  occupied,  indeed,  enterprise,  gigantic,  part- 
ners, huge,  rulers,  domain,  confidently,  career,  abundant,  exercise,  of-man's, 
highest,  human-nature,  captain,  favorable,  rijjening,  prejudice,  I-do-know, 
permanent,  obtainable,  honorable,  irreprcxichable. 


222 


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-^  ^    <L-c^ 


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Judgment,  human-life,  foolish,  irregular,  suspected,  sharp,  profession, 
child,  beyond-the,  all-round,  stern,  supreme,  reward,  yields,  benefactions, 
universities,  educational,  institutions,  Girard,  Lehigh,  Chicago,  Harvard, 
Yale,   Cornell,  to-succeeding,  generations,  hallowed,  blessings,  thousands. 


9  f  • 


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_y   Wt^    .:^ y.       Andrew  Carnegie 

IMAGINATION  IN  BUSINESS 


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Sound,  lil:)eral,  Napoleon,  dead,  soldiers,  inscribed,  Ponipcy's,  Pillar, 
rules,  morals,  in-part,  absolutely,  devoid,  emotion,  one-thing,  namely,  the 
world's,  inventions,  watched,  scuffling,  stubbing,  meant,  copper,  across- 
the,  a-million-dollars. 


224 


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Lorin  F.  Deland 


Millions,  aside,  waterfall,  Niagara,  electric-lamps,  city-of-Buffalo,  con- 
fining, the-workings,  arts,  api)licablc,  and-with-the,  exception,  concisely, 
synthesis,  analysis,  of-things,  compound,  separation,  relating,  the-relating, 
separate,  elements,  construct,  environment,  apprehending. 


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BUSINESS  RELIABILITY 


225 


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Assm-ance,  salesman,  reliability,  difT(>i-cnce,  between,  view,  dependence, 
proprietor,  what-to-do,  in-any,  involving,  wrong,  chief,  would-hav(%  de- 
cide, in-accordancc,  path,  smoother-than,  easier,  establishing,  to-foUow, 
intricate,  chicanery,  secretly,  accumulating,  capital,  tangible. 


226 


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Inventory,  scarcely,  patiently,  day-by-day,  adhere,  simple,  who-was,  of- 
reliability,  agrees-to,  risen,  rapidlj^  of-national,  how-did,  I-didn't,  study, 
president,  intended,  humorous,  contained,  germ,  who-would-advance, 
basic,  to-observe,  priceless,  possessions,  unpurchasable. 


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MODERN  COMMERCIAL  PUBLICITY 


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Mightiest,  factor,  evolution,  industrial,  business-builder,  potency,  drum- 
mer, mere,  positive,  creative,  grass,  grow,  greW;  multiplies,  timorous, 
hesitating,  possessing-the,  under-former,  get-along,  normal,  family,  mer- 
chandising, bounded,  meager,  deemed,  the-luxuries. 


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Truman  A.  DcWeese 


(386) 


Fascinating,  diverting,  to-pull,  unprogressive,  competitors,  psychologi- 
cal, economical,  gradually,  implants,  multiplied,  mentalities,  enlarges,  ex- 
pands, horizon,  designed,  convenience,  he-would-have-been,  blissful,  reitera- 
tion, so-called,  arguments,  convinces,  wears,  constructed,  appreciably. 


SPEED    STUDY    XXVI 

THE   COMMONEST   SURNAMES 

The  commonest  surnames  given  below  have  been  compiled 
from  the  list  of  the  commonest  surnames  found  in  the  cities  of 
New  York,  Chicago,  PMladelphia,  Boston,  and  in  England, 
Wales,  and  Scotland,  as  published  in  the  World  Almanac.  For 
the  method  of  making  distinctions  in  the  spelling  of  "  Mc"  and 
"Mac"  see  paragraph  116  of  the  Gregg  Shorthand  Manual. 


3    .^ 


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KEY  TO  THE  COMMONEST  NAMES 

Key:  (1)  Adams,  Allen,  Anderson,  Baker,  Barry,  Becker,  Bell, 
Bennett,  Boyle,  Brady,  (2)  Brennan,  Brown,  Burke,  Burns,  Bjo-ne, 
Callaghan,  Cameron,  Campbell,  Carroll,  (3)  Carter,  Clarke,  Cohen, 
Cohn,  Collins,  Connell,  Connolly,  Connor,  Cook,  (4)  Cooper,  Crowley, 
Daly,  Davidson,  Davies,  Davis,  Doherty,  Donovan,  Doyle,  (5)  Dris- 
coU,  Duffy,  Duncan,  Dunne,  Edwards,  Evans,  Farrell,  Ferguson, 
Fisher,  Fitzgerald,  (6)  Flynn,  Foley,  Fox,  Eraser,  Gallagher,  Gordon, 
Graham,  Grant,  (7)  Gray,  Green,  Griffiths,  Hall,  Hamilton,  Hanson, 
Harris,  Harrison,  Healy,  (8)  Henderson,  Hill,  Hoffman,  Hughes, 
Hunter,  Jackson,  James,  Johnson,  Johnston,  Jones,  Kelley,  (9)  Kelly, 
Kennedy,  Kerr,  Eng,  Klein,  Larsen,  Lee,  Levy,  Lewis,  (10)  Lynch, 
Mahoney,  Mahony,  Martin,  McCarthy,  McDonald,  Mcintosh, 
McKay,  (11)  McKenzie,  McLean,  McLeod,  Meyer,  Miller,  Mitchell, 
Moore,  Morgan,  (12)  Morris,  Morrison,  Morse,  Munro,  Murphy,  Mur- 
ray, Myers,  Nolan,  (13)  O'Brien,  O'Connor,  O'Donnell,  Olsen,  Olson, 
O'Neill,  Parker,  Paterson,  Petersen,  (14)  Peterson,  Phillips,  Price, 
Quinn,  Reid,  Reilly,  Roberts,  Robertson,  Robinson,  Rogers,  Ross, 
(15)  Russell,  Ryan,  Schmidt,  Schneider,  Scott,  Shaw,  Shea,  Simpson, 
Sinclair,  Smith,  (IG)  Snyder,  Stevens,  Stewart,  Sullivan,  Taylor, 
Thomas,  Thompson,  Thomson,  Turner,  (17)  Walker,  Walsh,  Ward, 
Watson,  White,  Williams,  Wilson,  Wood,  Wright,  Young. 


162. 


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BUSINESS   LETTERS  ' 


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Mason,  Easton,  fortunes,  that-have-been,  are-being,  cities,  retail,  for- 
yourselves,  exclusively,  prohibitive,  worked,  advertising-department,  skill, 
prominent,  of-its,  anticipate,  are-j^ou,  buyers,  stoves,  ranges,  at-once, 
give-us,  in-knowing. 


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Do-this,  for-Lis,  rather,  do-it,  dollars-and-cents,  it-does,  Hammond, 
Madison,  we-think,  thc-work,  we-can-find,  trying,  while,  and-know,  you- 
are-buying,  employ,  he-can-do,  why-do-you,  of-employees,  fitness,  piece- 
workers, eliminated,  specimen,  mediocre,  random,  reveals,  answers. 


Tests,  purposely,  difficult,  if-they-werc,  could-not-be,  rated,  should-lje- 
done,  explanation,  for-examination,  if-you-flon't,  Harold,  Kimball,  ^^"ahash- 
Avenue,  why-don't-you,  sun,  bloom,  you-deserve,  comforts,  wouldn't, 
oasis,  Dixie,  Land,  make-up,  your-mind,  route,  scenic. 


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Homelike,  Pullmans,  coaches,  Flier,  leaves.  Dearborn,  p.  m.,  arrives, 
year-round,  prefer,  on-the-road,  is-the-only,  next-day,  over-remembering- 
that,  we-have-set,  to-merit,  compartments,  lower,  berths,  on-both,  dining, 
Horatio,  Fairbanks,  Baker,  Business-College,  Covington,  in-a-few-daj^s. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXVI 


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They-have-been,  encouragement,  shorthand-work,  graduates,  multitude, 
to-lose,  continuing,  Gregg-Writer,  shorthand-writers,  on-them,  remind, 
enthusiasm,  material,  pupils,  every-one-of-them,  subscriptions,  expire, 
subscribe,  school,  blanks. 


236 


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Anthony,  F'erguson,  Trust,  Berkeley,  Accountancy,  we-wish-to-meet, 
fairly,  lughcr-than,  in-many-cases,  in-the-case,  from-those,  compare, 
Jordan-Company,  San-Francisco,  since-that-time,  Castner,  Becker,  Sonora, 
expansibility,  emergency. 


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Clothing,  as-your's,  automatically,  bookkeeping,  installing-the,  opens, 
awaiting-3''our-reply,  Dougherty,  Main,  Youngstown,  we-are-rcferring, 
recent-letters.  Acme,  we-realize,  you-have-not,  believing,  to-give-us,  largest, 
varnish,  goods,  in-the-past,  again-and-again. 


238 


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Prestige,  reputation,  instilling,  ever-widening,  circle,  customers,  meth- 
ods, line,  well-known,  familiar,  do-not-have,  argued,  centers-on,  producing, 
specialties,  coupled,  dealer,  to-investigate,  Yours-very-sincerely,  Childs, 
Atlanta,  definition,  historian,  achievements,  if-so. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXVI 


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Recognize,  confronting,  rejection,  to-pick,  vivid,  compressed,  events, 
judged,  standards,  Short-History,  England,  omits,  reveals,  well-balanced, 
intensely,  author,  admirable,  historians-of-thc-country,  conspicuous,  why- 
not,  write-us,  text. 


240 


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DEAD    WORK 


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Universal,  ojjtical,  illusion,  with-referoncc,  conscious,  tasks,  sees,  inclined, 
exaggerate,  vocation,  to-envy,  apparently,  happier,  you-sit,  piano,  sweeps, 
onto-thc,  bosom,  of-melody,  silence,  storm,  applause,  exclaiming,  defined, 
and-nights,  consecrated,  toil,  dissipation,  pleasures,  as-their,  artist. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXVI 


241 


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Mastery,  technique,  seems-to-bc-done,  has-been,  invariably,  exhausting, 
intensity,  Hfetime,  apparent,  lottery,  serious,  earned,  you-do-not-know, 
aright,  wits,  loses,  slower,  ungifted,  plodder,  it-is-said,  Euclid,  fonnulator, 
earliest,  sciences,  geometry,  occasion,  he-was,  Egypt,  axiom,  proposition. 


242 


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REPORTORIAL   EXPERIENCES 


Restless,  indignant,  slave,  responded,  universalize,  highway,  tollgates, 
consistent,  I-went,  House-of-Commons,  parliamentary,  boy,  under-circum- 
stances,  successors,  adequate,  transcribed,  jirinter,  strictest,  would-have- 
been,  severely,  compromising,   dark,  lantern,  post-chaise,  galloping. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXVI  243 


7 


Strolled,  Castle,  identify,  spot,  Russell,  vagabonds,  pelting,  good- 
natured,  colleagues,  pocket,  handkerchief,  canopj',  ecclesiastical,  proces- 
sion, excited,  political,  London,  upset,  belated,  miry,  forty-or-fifty,  wheel- 
less,  drunken,  post-boys,  Scotch,  ladies-and-gentlemen,  trivial,  fascination. 


244 


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THE   FEELING    FOR   LITERATURE 

Dexterity,  breast,  cunninp;,  retained,  resume,  verj^-little,  worse,  disuse, 
I-sit,  phenomenon,  beguile,  tedium,  mentally,  following-the,  speaker,  finger, 
tablecloth,  imaginary,  accept,  undying,  taken-up,  to-night,  fruitful,  of-my- 
self,  injustice,  majority,  who-read,  awakened. 


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Brightness,  novelty,  charm,  narrative,  finds,  in-these-things,  thc-kind, 
stock,  refreshes,  introducing,  ol)jects,  refining,  ways,  and-with,  (Ufforent, 
Shakespeare's,  historical,  skillful,  excites,  distinct,  from-such,  refreshment, 
statesman,  confessed,  periods,  history,  enrichment,  tumultuous,  throbs. 


246 


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Susceptible,  cultivation,  responds,  noble,  essentially,  strengthened, 
sensitive,  responsive,  contact,  with-those,  specific,  cultivation-of-the- 
feeling,  of-any-kind,  geologies,  zoology,  landscapes,  birds,  mood,  spiritual, 
cognizance,  resource,  quickened,  nourished,  intimacy,  delight. 


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Preserves,  influences,  taste,  trustworthy,  unconsciously,  instinctive, 
discerning,  time,  to-cast,  purpose,  infrequently,  stripped,  accessories,  in- 
cidents, network,  insistent,  persistent,  accidents,  which-make,  worldly, 
dishonor,  injustice,  nobility,  and-meanness,  thinketh,  of-what. 


248  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 


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Wisdom,  persistence,  resolution,  plastic,  stuff,  great-men,  mold,  to- 
marshal,  weapon,  to-conquer,  adverse,  circumstance,  group,  the-only, 
statement,  doing-the,  world's,  history,  consequences,  inspiration,  earlier, 
it-is-only,  exchange,  clarified,  purged. 


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Trustworthiness,  painstaking,  approach,  which-make-up,  civilization, 
progress,  to-conceive,  gulf,  separates,  brute,  dumb,  savagery,  to-modern, 
events,  dominions,  widening,  primitive,  origin,  spoken,  expression,  to- 
another,  accelerated,  distribution,  possessions. 


SPEED   STUDY   XXVII 

NAMES    OF    CITIES 

In  connection  with  the  list  of  the  important  cities  in  the 
United  States  given  in  the  Manual,  the  following  frequently 
recui-ring  sufhxes  and  prefixes  should  be  studied: 


-borough :   ^'' 


Key:     Attleboro,    Brattleboro,    Goldsboro,    Hillsboro,   Marll^orough, 
Owensboro. 

-burg:  f^     " GL^-^       V ^      .^-v-^       (^ 


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Key:    Fitchburg,    Galesburg,    Lynchburg,    Ogdensburg,    Pittsburgh, 
Plattsburg. 


Key:  Amesbury,  Danbury,  Fairbury,  Sahsbury,  Sunbury,  Waterbury 

-Chester:        C      ^-r:—^     -— — 7      ^      ^     -=V     ^/^ 


Key:    Baychester,  Colchester,  Manchester,  Portchester,  Eastchester, 
Winchester,  Dorchester. 


-field; 


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Key:    Clearfield,   Fairfield,   Mansfield,   Pittsficld,   Plainfield,   Spring- 
field, Wakefield,  Wmfield. 


-ford 


Key:    Bedford,   Bradford,  Hartford,  Ilockford,  Stamford,    Stratford, 
Weather  ford. 

250 


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251 


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Keij:    Ft.  Collins,  Ft.  Dodge,  Frankfort,  Ft.  Madison,  Ft.  Worth, 
Ft.  WajTie. 


Grand: 


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Key:    Grand  Haven,  Grand  Island,  Grand  Junction,  Grand  Rapids, 
Grandview. 


-ington : 

Key:   Bloomington,  Burlington,  Huntington,  Stonington,  Torrington, 
Kensington. 

New:  —      ^    ^     --.     ^ 

C  C^  (1  ■&- 

Key:    New  Albanj!-,    New   Bedford,    Newbern,    New   Britain,    New 
Haven,  New  London,  New  Orleans. 

'Note:  In  some  names  it  is  easier  to  insert  the  vowel  in  "  new  ": 


Key:   New  Castle,  New  Milford,  Newark,  Newton. 


-port: 


Key:     Bridgeport,    Davenport,    Glassport,    Lockport,    Logansport, 
Williamsport. 


Saint  (>S7.):   ^ 


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Key:    St.  Albans,  St.  Augustine,  St.  Charles,  St.  Joseph,  St.  Louis, 
St.  La^\Tpnce. 


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Key:    San  Angelo,  San  Antonio,  San  Bernardino,    San    Diego,  San 
Francisco,  San  Juan,  San  Rafael. 


Santa  : 

Key:  Santa  Barbara,  Santa  Cruz,  Santa  Fe,  Santa  Rosa. 

-son:  ^     z.^^   ^"^   i^    A      -^     ^ 

Key:   Atchison,  Henderson,  Hudson,  Hutchinson,  Jackson,  Madison, 
Tucson. 

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Key:   Charlestown,  GeorgetowTi,  Jamestown,  Johnstown,  Morristown, 
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Key:    Ainsworth,  Ellsworth,  Kenilwoi-th,   Leavenworth,   Longworth, 
Wentworth. 


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BUSINESS  LETTERS 


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proves,  bigger-than,  great-deal,  to-sell,  still,  who-meets,  hallway,  treats, 
courteously,  scholar,  judge,  clothes,  he-is-not,  multiply,  tried,  persuaded, 
into-his. 


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except-that,  waited,  attended,  Eugene,  Spalding,  Brush,  Detroit-Michigan, 
logged,  southwestern,  settlers,  tracts,  ranging,  suitable,  grazing. 


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off,  located,  partly,  cultivation,  adapted,  paid,  ten-years,  together-with, 
at-the-rate,  at-any-time,  maturity. 


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many-other,  Twain's,  Authorized,  edition,  longer,  expiring,  to-raise,  raw, 
the-low. 


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beautifully,  easy,  ten-days',  approval,  payments,  undcr-no,  no-money,  hovv- 
long,  will-last,  Conrad,  Olson,  Lighting,  Fixture,  prompt-attention,  appre- 
ciated, helpful,  selections. 


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usefulness,  to-install,  tell,  enables,  purchaser,  who-have-the,  equipment, 
scientific,  accessories,  workmanship,  management,  from-the-time,  shops, 
assured,  expenses,  bothers. 


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Interference,  quietly,  merits,  it-will-serve,  outlay,  experts,  sketches, 
Barrett,  Euclid-Avenue,  Cleveland,  consulted,  who-are,  they-are-of-the- 
opinion,  you-would-find,  field,  proposed,  Hayden-Company,  which-has, 
Weldon,  within-a-few-hours. 


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thought,  tobacco,  center-and-there-are,  warehouses,  vacated,  instances, 
few,  repairs,  transformed,  very-satisfactory,  if-you-will-write-me,  of-in- 
spection,  if-you-would-like-to-have. 


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THE  SKYSCRAPER 


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Unceasingly,  wagon-loads,  dragged,  stifling,  caissons,  concrete, 
roots,  tied,  columns,  stretched,  pierced,  a-hundred,  sprouting,  shoots, 
crossbeams,  lattice,  substructure,  uproar,  vil)ration,  angry,  clatter, 
pneumatic,  riveters, 'shattering,  reverhcration,   incrodiMc,  ra])idity. 


262 


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Topmost,  derricks,  crouched,  frfant,  spiders,  braced,  post,  I-l:)eam,  casting- 
their,  softly,  tons,  girders,  turning,  against-the,  black,  surged,  prison,  bars, 
I-saw,  blue,  harbor,  miracle,  swing,  bolted,  heavily,  towers,  clambered, 
sure-footed,  beetles,  empty,  hung,  void,  clung,  pounded. 


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hairbreadth,  I-talked,  highest -salaried,  goal,  ahead,  multimillionaire,  out- 
run, rival,  of-his-ov,n. 


264 


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Obscurity,  weakness,  disease,  death,  despair,  conquers,  fate,  every-man's, 
life,  possession,  forces,  one-side,  the-other,  marshaled,  under-efficiency's, 
banner,  assailed,  dismembered,  realm,  choice,  ehanging-us,  automatons, 
provides,  hewing,  how-much-time,  faith,  you-coulu-have,  short-cut. 


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Showing-US,  similarlj',  it-is-not,  motion-study,  cost-savins,  anj'-other, 
mechanical,  to-reduce,  panic,  so-much-that,  wear,  sclf-nianagcnient,  oil, 
wisely,  rust,  to-gather,  nerves,  wild,  is-the-only,  one-hundred-niillion- 
dollars,  ineffective,  advertising,  three-million-i)oople,  somewhere. 


266 


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Italy,  breakfast,  Paris,  three-months,  guests,  assembled,  skeptical,  mys- 
terious. Count,  impatient,  host,  leeway,  to-strike,  expectation,  sinks,  zero, 
suddenly,  immaculately,  punctuality,  politeness,  kings,  travelers. 


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standardized,  sweep,  thousand-mile,  fraction,  if-there-are,  delays,  grumble, 
mightily,  rebates,  institution,  schedules,  mightier-than,  benefited,  Missis- 
sippi, Missouri,  steamboat,  content,  idling,  Icvj^,  whittling. 


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modic, activity,  to-sleep,  conducted,  when-they-were,  crops,  houses, 
watches,  schedule,  became,  definite,  regulating,  even,  who-never,  trav- 
eled, stenographers,  unliesitatingly. 


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Court,  reporting,  immediately,  transcribing-the,  fresh,  six-months,  theo- 
retically, you-have-nothing,  to-guidc,  arbitrary,  changed,  with-refcrence- 
to-those,  transcription,  conform,  you-are-making,  mistake,  spending, 
earnestly,  to-perfect,  laying-the,  genuine,  attained. 


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lawyer,  to-study,  they-must-have,  deal,  ordinary,  spur-of-the-moment, 
spontaneously,  unthinkingly,  he-must-be-able,  as-the-result,  electrician, 
surgeon,  chemist,  specialist. 


SPEED    STUDY    XXVIII 
CANADIAN   NAMES 


Key:  (l)  Toronto,  Winnipeg,  Montreal,  Quebec,  Hamilton,  Ottawa, 
London,  Victoria,  Halifax,  (2)  Kingston,  Brantford,  Guelph,  St. 
Thomas,  Belleville,  Peterborough,  Stratford,  St.  Catharines,  Chat- 
ham, (3)  Brockville,  Woodstock,  Gait,  Owen  Sound,  Kitchener,  Corn- 
wall, Sarnia,  Lindsay,  Barrie,  (4)  Collingwood,  Cobourg,  OrOlia, 
Pembroke,  Trenton,  Petrolia,  Ingersoll,  Dartmouth,  (5)  Yarmouth, 
Truro,  Moncton,  St.  Johns,  Fredericton,  Charlottetown,  Brandon, 
Regina,  British  Columbia,  (6)  Edmonton,  Prince  Edward  Island, 
Nova  Scotia,  New  Brunswick,  Quebec,  Ontario,  Manitoba,  Assini- 
boia,  Saskatchewan,  Alberta,  Yukon. 

FOREIGN  NAMES 


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Key  :  (  1)  Great  Britain,  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  United  Kingdom, 
England,  Scotland,  Ireland,  Wales,  France,  Switzerland,  Germany, 
Belgium,  (2)  Austria,  Holland,  Netherlands,  Italy,  Si)ain,  Portugal, 
Norway,  Sweden,  Denmark,  Hungary,  (3)  Russia,  Turkey,  Greece, 
Roumania,  Persia,  India,  China,  Japan,  Palestine,  Syria,  Egypt, 
(4)  Siam,  Korea,  INIorocco,  Tunis,  Transvaal,  Natal,  Burma,  Tripoli, 
Sudan,  (5)  IVIexico,  Cuba,  Brazil,  Panama,  Chile,  Peru,  Bolivia,  Ar- 
gentina, Ecuador,  Yucatan,  (6)  Venezuela,  South  America,  North 
America,  Central  America,  South  Africa,  Australia,  Honduras,  New 
Zealand,  Jamaica. 

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Key:  (1)  Amsterdam,  Antwerp,  Barcelona,  Belfast,  Birmingham,  Bom- 
bay, Bordeaux,  Bremen,  (2)  Breslau,  Bristol,  Brussels,  Budapest, 
Canton,  Cologne,  Copenhagen,  Dresden,  (3)  Dublin,  Edinburgh, 
Florence,  (ienoa,  Glasgow,  Hamburg,  Havana,  Havre,  Lisbon,  (4)  Liv- 
erpool, Lyons,  Madrid,  Manchester,  Marseilles,  Melbourne,  Milan, 
(5)  Munich,  Naples,  Nottingham,  Odessa,  Peking,  Plymouth,  Ports- 
mouth, Santiago,  (6)  Shanghai,  Southampton,  Stockholm,  Sydney, 
Trieste,   Valparaiso,  Yokohama,   Zurich. 


SPEED   STUDY   XXVIII 
BUSINESS  LETTERS 


273 


Construction-Company,  Scranton,  insistent,  Grain,  Elevator,  wc-undcr- 
stand,  at-length,  we-can-do,  in-thc-way,  assuring-you,  wo-liave-made, 
big,  Galveston,  extensively,  Engineering,  Record,  which-has-bcen,  owners, 
of-this-character,  is-going,  impressive,  it-is-certain,  exploit. 


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closing,  Quinn,  Emerson,  Nashville,  Forward,  schoolmen,  all-ovcr-the- 
country,  nobody,  whcn-they-will,  extremely,  imsettled,  over-producing, 
prepaid,  express. 


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oiily,  spreading-the,  expense;,  desiral)ility,  prolonging-your,  registrations, 
it-is-certainly,  in-a-few-days,  quickest,  that-come,  two-or-three,  from- 
now,  unavoidably,  with-other,  to-print,  and-see. 


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Reach-you,  cordially-yours,  Amos,  Howells,  Front,  Street,  Newport, 
standardized,  discounts,  minds-of-the-pul)lic,  to-distiirb,  radical,  policy, 
sentimental,  good-many-years,  increases,  temporarily,  for-the,  as-to-have, 
curtailment,  production,  imperative,  dependable,  wall. 


SPEED   STUDY   XXVIII 


277 


Finish,  tangible,  contrast,  effective,  will-make,  prospective,  builders, 
users,  displayed,  Alabastine,  be-sure-that,  alert,  to-talk,  to-recoinnicnd, 
unusual.  Printers',  Publishing-Company,  affords,  each-number,  librarj', 
marking,  staff,  man}-  other,  jobbers. 


278 


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February,  commenting,  Postmaster-General,  one-cent,  insutficient, 
distributing,  sender,  directions,  finding-the,  addressee,  emphasize,  clerical, 
imposition,  penalty,  offender,  thoroughness,  the-trouble,  locally,  Depart- 
ment, receives,  two-cents,  somewhat,  diluted,  negligent,  properly,  careless. 


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lopes, omitting,  streets,  advocate,  postage,  protest,  I-ask-you,  Michael, 
O'Hara,  Avenue,  New-Bedford,  Aeolian,  ought-to-know,  phonograph,  box, 
chamber,  tone,  shading,  technicaUties,  convey,  impression. 


280 


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Selecting,  style,  believe,  greatest,  lose,  sight-of-the-fact-that,  musical, 
instrument,  twofold,  gift,  family,  permanence,  whoever,  standpoint, 
cabinet,  that-thcse,  noted,  period,  showrooms,  finer,  appropriate,  music, 
that-will,  harmony. 


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INDEPENDENCE  DAY  ADDRESS 

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dition, lives,  democracy,  themselves,  moral,  tribunal,  and-thercfore, 
awakened,  inspiring,  the-original,  fountain,  of-liberty,  independence, 
America,  drafts,  patriotic,  to-renew. 


282 


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more,  will-bring,  youth,  renewal,  enterprise,  inconsistent,  human-rights, 
above-all,  exalted,  sympathy,  thrills,  politic,  I-don't-know,  that-there, 
grievances,    of-mankind. 


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Document,  lifted,  shine,  unto,  guide,  justice,  electrical,  pounds,  alu- 
minum, sizes,  wire,  every-year,  some-of-these,  as-large-as,  wrist,  a-million- 
feet,  twenty-five-pounds,  insulated,  telephone,  telegraph,  ocean,  cable,  steel, 
converted,  yearly,  excavations,  ornaments,  ancients. 


284 


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To-beat,  thin,  sheets,  strips,  rounded,  hammering,  fiUng,  century, 
die,  plate,  in-the-latter,  to-operate,  invention,  introduced,  unimportant, 
varied,  processes,  of-manufacture,  heated,  revolving,  rolls,  reducing,  di- 
ameter, depending,  coUs. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXVIII 


285 


Popular  Electricity 


Dipped,  acid,  to-remove,  loose,  lubricant,  piillinp,  decreasing,  drilled, 
particles,  strained,  elongated,  harder,  brittle,  repeated,  annealings,  draw- 
ings, this-may-be-done,  originally,  four-inches,  four-feet,  thousandth, 
extended,   miles,  length,   discarded,   diamonds,   dies,    fractional,    striking. 


286 


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PRACTICE  FROM  ACTUAL  SPEAKING 


At-best,  mimicry,  lack,  imitates,  judiciously,  managed,  prepare,  effec- 
tually, monotone,  has-reached,  accustom,  cadence,  rises,  falls,  rushes, 
pauses,  voices,  tones,  articulations,  especially,  utterance,  which-does-not, 
humor,  shortcomings,  sermons,  lectures,  prentice,  chosen. 


SPEED   STUDY   XXVIII 


287 


Slow,  ministers,  Gospel,  lawj-ers,  rostrum,  orators,  bona-fide,  practi- 
tioner, overtax,  speakers,  fast,  borne,  straining,  to-keep,  except,  occasional, 
spurts,  discouragingl}^  lurch,  often,  successfully,  sermon,  address,  passages, 
peroration,  warming,  subject,  beyond-his,  despond,  as-soon-as-the. 


288 


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^  ^    David  Wolfe  Brown 

CONCENTRATION 


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Pencil,  cool,  legible,  clauses,  of-minor,  in-both,  stages,  j^oung,  upon- 
any,  court-room,  of-legal,  Carlyle,  weakest,  creature,  single,  accomplish, 
whereas,  dispersing-his,  over-many,  unwavering,  sacrificed,  conflicting, 
ambitions,  specialized,  intensive,  purposeful. 


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trated, who-knows,  goal,  focusing,  in-this-world,  concentration,  dominated, 
directed,  weaknesses,  he-may-have,  concentrate,  force,  vigor,  on-the-whole. 
centralize,  brain. 


Orison  Swett  Harden 


(470) 


Executes,  elephant,  pick,  pin,  uproot,  trunk,  throughout,  body,  to- 
manii)ulate,  infinitely,  scattered,  explosives,  thunbleful,  powder,  behind, 
rifle,  cartload,  poorest,  outstrips,  class,  leader,  eminent,  discoverers,  in- 
ventors, red-letter,  owed,  distinction,  of-intense. 


SPEED  STUDY  XXIX 
RAILWAY   PHRASES 


Assistant  (prefix) 


Agent  (suffix): 


Kexj:   advertising   agent,   claim    agent,   purchasing  agent,   assistant 
purchasing  agent. 

Auditor:  o      --0.      J      /^ 

Key:  assistant  auditor,  ticket  auditor,  freight  auditor,  passenger  auditor. 

Note:  It  will  be  readily  seen  that  the  joining  of  a  vowel  to  a  single  stroke  would  give 
the  appearance  of  one  word,  therefore  dipjoin  the  second  word  in  such  cases  —  as  in 
"freight  agent."  When  another  letter  is  added,  as  in  "general  freight  agent," 
the  vowel  is  joined  because  the  form  is  absolutely  distinctive. 

Baggage:  <^^^^_^     (C-q     C—y 

Key :  baggage  master,  baggage  agent,  baggage  department,  baggage  check. 
Cliief:  /  ,/-^:7 /      / 


Key:  chief  clerk,  chief  draftsman,  chief        »    engineer,  chief  counsel. 

Division:  -Tl     -O        r^       "O 

Key:  western  division,  southern  division,  eastern  division,  central  division. 

Engineer: 


Key:    engineer  of  construction,    civil    engineer,    mechanical    engineer, 
electrical  engineer,  locomotive  engineer. 

Freight:  ^      J      J^^^     X_^       J      ^ 

Key:  freight  agent,  freight  auditor,  freight  claim      *    auditor,  freight 
claim  agent,  freight  engineer,  freight  car. 

291 


292  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 

General : 


Key:  general  freight  agent,  general  auditor,  general  claim  auditor, 
general  baggage  agent,  general  purchasing  agent,  assistant  general 
purchasing  agent. 


Manager : 

Key:  general  manager,   general  manager  eastern  lines,    general  man- 
ager western  lines,  assistant  general  manager. 


Mechanical : 


Key:     mechanical    department,    mechanical    engineer,    mechanical 
operation,  mechanical  condition. 


Passenger : 

Key:    general  passenger    agent,    assistant  general  passenger  agent, 
passenger  department,  passenger  coach,  passenger  car. 

Superintendent:  %     -      ----^    /^       ^^    -^  ^'      Q 


'^  C  /  - 


Key:  superintendent  of  telegraph,  superintendent  of  the  eastern 
division,  superintendent  of  transportation,  superintendent  of  shops, 
superintendent  of  motive  power,  mechanical  superintendent,  assistant 
superintendent  of  telegraph. 

Ticket:  ^.^r^^     /.<T>      ^^^^     Az) 

Key:  ticket  auditor,  ticket  agent,  assistant  ticket  agent,  general  ticket 

ag(nit. 

Traffic:  ^'"'^     ^  ^-^ 

Key:  traffic  manager,  passenger  ti'artic  manager,  assistant  passenger 
traffic  manager. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXIX 
BUSINESS  LETTERS 


293 


^7 


Rupert,  Van  Dyke,  Liberty,  Evansville,  Indiana,  Commodore,  William, 
Hale,  Thompson,  resort,  pleasurable,  bounce,  over-l:)umps,  tires,  swallow, 
dust,  perspective,  bunks,  lockers,  chairs,  to-move,  Fay,  Bowen,  drives, 
hour-after-hour,  clean,  throttle,  spark. 


294 


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7 


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9     ^ 

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^^/7, 


(^  ^    ''^^ 


Steering,  wheel,  you-feel,  monarch,  as-you,  skim,  waves,  limitations, 
inclinations,  cruises,  to-any,  destination,  dictated,  Michigan-City,  the- 
river,  Lockport,  canal,  Wilmette,  municipal,  pier,  mooring,  picnic,  supper, 
point-of-view,    broader,    inland,    parting,    to-my-mind,    stanchest. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXIX 


295 


Extra-strong,  mahogany,  upper,  interior,  slack,  Christmas,  drop,  any- 
time, Bonaparte,  Washington-D.  C,  Gary,  Frick,  on-behalf-of-the-steel, 
I-have-not-been,  assets,  majority-of-the-securities,  as-the-only,  avoiding, 
transaction,  to-purchase. 


296 


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■:  ^^ 


Tliey-would-not,  tliat-they-are-aware,  attack,  prevent,  recklessly,  un- 
truthfully, as-a-matter-of-fact,  to-decline,  persevered,  several-years,  ac- 
cusations, slightly,  so-that-it-is,  immensely,  seems-the,  fitted,  break, 
ruinous. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXIX 


297 


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Urged,  upon-them,  bankers,  who-are-now,  asserted,  ought-not,  to-take- 
the,  I-felt,  interpose,  objections,  Silas,  Woodbury,  Editor-of-the-Farm, 
Journal,  Maiden,  shortage,  October,  November,  approximately,  fertilizers, 
in-t'-.e-past,  congested,  require,  railroad,  products. 


298  GREGG   SPEED   STUDIES 


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Moving-the,  short-period,  as-they-have-been,  in-past,  years,  co-opera- 
tion-of-the-farmers,  is-necessary,  relieve,  extend,  the-length,  maximum, 
as-possible,  foodstuffs,  and-larger,  one-of-the,  unloaded,  several-times, 
hauls. 


SPEED  STUDY  XXIX 


299 


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(539) 


Supply,  bigger,  investment,  farmer,  food,  starts,  in-many,  sections,  to- 
haul,  snow,  bad,  break-up,  least,  rushing,  costs,  lowest,  profitable,  edito- 
rially, columns,  freight,  the-danger,  of-embargo,  advisability,  we-feel,  to- 
them,  concerned. 


300 


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THE  SPIRIT  OF  LOYALTY 


£- 


^ 


Policy,  house,  motive,  fixing,  on-our,  let-us,  deep,  it-may-be,  worthy, 
we-don't,  tire,  wastes,  and-energy,  we-are-prepared,  spend,  leisure,  upon- 
your,  golf,  contact,  with-people,  you-would-Uke-to-know,  vital,  effort,  in- 
terested, aptitude,    you-have-gone,  you-can-make,  anything-else. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXIX 

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Do-you-think,  you're,  salesmanship,  who-are-making,  extra-money, 
to-know,  aboiit-your,  in-other-words,  loyal,  spirit,  exclusiveness,  which- 
makes,  pursuit,  suspicious,  who-is-not,  that-is-said,  has-given,  master, 
gardener,  I-like,  brains,  capacity,  on-the-right,  to-developing. 


302 


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E".  >SL  Elmo  Lewis 


(653J 


Industrious,  the-things,  he-knows,  somebody,  he-thinks,  it-wiU-pay, 
self-respect,  moment,  somebody-else,  he-do-things,  appearances,  polite, 
punctual,  reticent,  wellsprings,  of-his-own,  impulses,  in-themselves,  apart, 
may-not-be,  guiding,  that-makes,  sticks,  fable,  personality. 


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SPEED  STUDY  XXIX  303 

THE  SERVICE  OF  BUSINESS  SCHOOLS 


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Well-educated,  seriously,  produces,  vision,  small,  afforded,  thcy-must-be, 
term,  foresight,  technical,  training,  readily,  to-grasp,  professional,  niarts-of- 
the-world,  and-obtain,  so-long,  held,  we-have-given,  cultural,  knowledge, 
experience,  wasted. 


304 


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Indispensable,  supplemented,  laboratory,  just-as,  science,  greatly, 
this-can-bc,  earning-the,  have-never,  epoch-making,  attaining-the,  Euro- 
pean, War,  reciprocity,  consequent,  specialists,  with-such,  in-particular, 
furthering,  disregarded. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXIX 


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Duties,  to-perform,  study,  research,  students,  peculiar,  geography, 
languages,  carry,  commerce,  conception,  of-nations,  familiarity,  supplied, 
need-not,  in-this-connection,  phase,  we-might-be,  tempted,  overlook, 
I-refer,  exert. 


306 


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James  C.  Egbert 
PREPAREDNESS  IN  BUSINESS 


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(700) 


I-do-not,  restrict,  commonly,  presupposed,  of-learning,  in-business, 
uncertain,  unduly,  prevalent,  hence,  topic,  enlargement,  readiness,  of-new, 
at-home,  statistical,  analyses,  concerning,  anticipation,  of-needs,  engrossed, 
nowadays. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXIX 


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Stage,  promising,  generalization,  elaborate,  formulation,  to-realize, 
launching,  safely,  sea,  voyage,  embodied,  project,  arose,  minds,  carrying, 
verified,  intuition,  imagination,  played,  ultimately,  flamed,  consciousness, 
originators,  testify,  operate,  Newton,  stupendous,  leap,  hints,  stars. 


308  GREGG  SPEED  STUDIES 


^    ^      ^ 


As-they-are,  state-of-mind,  comparing,  passion,  afield,  relevant,  ex- 
periences, nimble,  intellectual,  launch,  boldly,  speculation,  open-minded, 
struggling,  preconceptions,  imperfect,  to-welcome,  title,  despite,  impact, 
cherished,  leaven,  fermenting,  evolving,  tool. 


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John  Colder 


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C719) 


Shelf,  Socrates,  dawn,  attitude-of-the-mind,  decisions,  habitually,  to- 
observe,  describe,  classify,  phenomena,  interpretative,  solely,  outstanding, 
inception,  operating-departments,  storehouses,  conveyors,  in-this-matter, 
distinguishes,  statistician,  planner. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXX 

Common  Expressions  in  Business  Letters.  —  The  business 
expressions  treated  in  this  Study  are  not  such  as  will  be  ap- 
proved by  the  best  writers  on  English,  or  by  the  correspond- 
ents of  the  most  progressive  business  houses.  Hackneyed, 
machine-made,  uninteresting,  and  oftentimes  meaningless, 
they  belong  to  a  past  age.  They  should  not  be  used,  but  they 
are  used.  But  we  must  face  conditions  as  they  are,  not  as  we 
should  like  to  arrange  them,  and  since  they  are  the  "business 
English"  of  ninety-five  per  cent  of  the  business  offices, . they 
properly  come  within  the  sphere  of  our  study. 

These  introductory  and  closing  expressions,  being  set  forms, 
are  usually  dictated  very  rapidly,  and  the  stenographer  will 
do  well  to  get  a  writing  acquaintance  with  them. 

COMMON    BUSINESS    EXPRESSIONS 

^ /C>              We  are  in   receiiit  of        c? ^  -^  C —  I    am     in    receipt   of 

^~^~T           ~^              your  esteemed  favor  c==-^  your  favor  and  am 

<^                             of  the  10th  inst.  pleased 

Your  favor  of  yester-  ?/_^  I  am  in  receipt  of  your 

day    has    come    to  "^       ""^ — -^  "^  esteemed    letter   of 

hand.  the  3)st  ult. 


^^     9^ 


Answering  your  letter  J~  ^/                        We  beg   to   acknowl- 

of  yesterday,  I  beg  <=^'^— ^     <?    -f                 edf;e  receipt  of  your 

to  advise  order  of  the  .5th  inst. 

Your  favor  of  recent  y             y-^-^            ^  ha.\e.  your  inquiry, 

^    ^-y^        date  is  received  and  '^^-^3'    — ^  ^~ — ^         and    in    reply    will 

contents  noted.  state. 

310 


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311 


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We  are  in  receipt  of 
your  esteemed  order, 
which  has  been  cure- 
fully  noted. 

Your  favor  of  the  7  th 
inst.  was  duly  re- 
ceived. 

Your  postal  oard  is  at 
hand. 

Replying  to  your  kind 
favor  of  the  3d  inst., 
I   would  advise  that 

In    reply    to    yours    of 
yesterday,  we  have  to     yu, 
say 

Referring  to  your  letter 
of  the  ifth,  we  beg  to 
say 

V\"e  duly  received  your 
letter  of  recent  date 


Your  esteemed  favor  of 
the  8th  inst.  is  at 
hand. 

Your  letter  of  recent 
date  is  received  and 
contents  carefully 
noted. 

I  liave  to-day  received 
your  kind  favor. 

Your  favor  of  this  morn- 
ing to  hand  and  noted 


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Your  communication  of 
the  5th  is  before  us. 

and  oblige  Yours  truly. 


greatly     oblige     Yowt^^tT—^ 
respectfully,  ^ 


Thanking  you   for    the 
order. 

Thanking  you  for  your 
order, 


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Thanking  you  for  the 
favor,  we  beg  to  re- 
main 

Thanking  you  for  your 
kind  attention  to  the 

matter. 

Hoping  to  hear  from 
you  again  at  an  early 
date. 

Let  us  hear  from  you  by 
return  mail. 


and  assuring  you  of  our 
best  attention  at  all 
times. 

Your  immediate  atten- 
tion will  oblige  Yours 
respectfully. 

With  kind  regards  and 
best  wishes. 

Trusting  tl'is  will  be  en- 
tirely satisfactory  to 
you, 

at  as  early  a  date  as 
possible,  we  are  Yours 
truly, 

as  soon  as  possible, 
we  remain  Cordially 
yours, 

Thanking  you  in  ad- 
vance, and  with  kind 
personal  regards. 

Thanking  you  for  your 
careful  attention  in 
the  matter, 

and  expecting  to  hear 
from  you  in  the  coxu-se 
of  a  few  days. 

Awaiting  your  reply, 
I  remain  Sincerely 
yours, 

and  hoping  to  see  you 
in  our  office  in  the 
near  future, 

and  regretting  that  we 
are  unable. 


312 


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PRESIDENT  WILSON'S  WAR  MESSAGE 
Delivered  at  a  Joint  Session  of  the  Two  Houses  of  Congress,  April  2, 1917 


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Congress,  extraordinary,  session,  constitutionally,  permissible,  the- 
responsibility,  officially,  first-day,  restraints,  submarines,  to-sink,  sought, 
Great-Britain-and-Ireland,  western,  coasts,  Europe,  enemies,  Mediter- 
ranean, warfare,  commanders,  conformity,  passenger,  boats. 


313 


Vessels,  destroy,  resistance,  escape,  attempted,  to-save,  meager,  haphaz- 
ard, distressing,  instance-aftcr-instance,  cruel,  unmanly,  swept,  restriction, 
flag,  cargo,  errand,  ruthlessly,  and- without,  mercy,  neutrals,  belligerents, 
sorely,  bereaved,  stricken,  Belgium,  unmistakable,  identity,  compassion. 


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Hitherto,  subscribed,  humane,  civiUzed,  dominion,  highways,  painful, 
stage-after-stage,  accompUshed,  conscience,  retaliation,  weapons,  winds, 
scruples,  humanity,  understandings,  intercourse-of-the-world,  involved, 
wanton,  destruction,  noncombatants,  men-wonien-and-children. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXX 


315 


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Darkest,  of-modern,  legitimate,  peaceful,  innocent,  stirred,  of-other, 
neutral,  overwhelmed,  waters,  discrimination,  challenge,  all-mankind, 
moderation,  counsel,  temperateness,  befitting,  revenge,  victorious,  asser- 
tion, vindication,  human-right,  champion,  that-it-would,  suffice. 


316  GREGG   SPEED   STUDIES 

^-^    ^    <r    '^     ^ 


Unlawful,  interference,  violence,  armed,  neutrality,  impracticable, 
outlaws,  to-defend,  attacks,  merchantmen,  privateers,  cruisers,  visible, 
chase,  prudence,  grim,  dealt,  denies,  areas-of-the-sea,  publicist,  intimation, 
conveyed,  guards,  pirates,  ineffectual,  worse-than. 


SPEED   STUDY  XXX 


317 


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To-prevent,  to-dra\v,  effectiveness,  incapable,  submission,  sacred, 
ignored,  \aolated,  array,  profound,  sense,  solemn,  tragical,  character-of- 
the-step,  involves,  unhesitating,  obedience,  I-advise-that-the,  declare, 
the-recent,  course,  formally,  status,  thrust,  resources,  Empire. 


GREGG  Speed  studies 


Utmost,  incident,  extension,  c;.'edits,  so-far-as-possible,  mobilization, 
resources-of-the-oountry,  incidental,  equipment-of-the-navy,  respects, 
enemy's,  500,000,  who-should,  liability,  authorization,  subsequent,  in- 
crements, granting,  sustained,  equitably,  generation,  taxation. 


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ships, e^^ls,  infliction,  vast,  measures,  interferinp;,  as-little-as-possible, 
military,  in-every-way,  I-shall-take-the,  departments,  committees,  I-have- 
mentioned,  I-hope-that,  framed,  safeguarding-the,  directly. 


320 

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clouded,  by-them,  same-things,  Senate,  January,  to-vindicate,  in-the- 
life-of-the-world,  selfish,  autocratic,  amongst,  self-governed,  henceforth, 
observance,  feasible,  vve-have-seen. 


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not,  entering-this,  previous,  determined,  unhappy,  nowhere,  provoked, 
dynasties,  ambitious,  who-were,  fellow-men,  pawns,  intrigue,  posture, 
under-cover,  cunningly,  contrived,  deception,    aggression. 


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ocratic, covenants,  league,  vitals,  plottings,  inner,  circles,  render,  corruption, 
seated,  assurance,  heartening,  within-the,  last-few-weeks,  Russia,  intimate, 
relationships. 


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Russian,  shaken,  added,  majesty,  Prussian,  unsuspecting,  communities, 
offices,  criminal,  intrigues,  afoot,  unity,  began,  unhappily,  conjecture, 
courts,  perilously,  disturbing-the,  dislocating-the. 


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extirpate,  interpretation,  ignorant,  entertains,   friendship,  and-means,  to- 

stir,    intercepted.   Minister,    Mexico,    eloquent,    evidence,  accepting-this, 
hostile,  presence. 


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where, obedience,  tested,  foundations,  conquest,  dominion,  indemnities, 
compensation,  sacrifices,  champions,  rights,  we-fight,  rancor,  punctilio, 
profess,  I-have-said,  alUed. 


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for-the-present,  postponing,  discussion,  Vienna,  enter-this,  fairness,  animus, 
enmity,  injury,  disadvantage,  opposition,  irresponsible,  amuck,  let-me-say. 


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bitter,  months,  patience,  forbearance,  to-prove,  of-men-and-women,  and- 
loyal,  Americans,  fealty,  allegiance,  rebuking,  rcstraining-the,  who-may- 
be,  disloyalty,  repression,  countenance,  malignant,  oppressii'e. 


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